The Bombay High Court in Anticipatory Bail Application No. 591 of 2021 moved by Judge Mrs. Archana Jatar, had on March 3, 2021, and rejected it. Justice Sarang Kotwal had, in fact, come down heavily on her noting that:
Recently, on March 22, the Supreme Court rejected Special Leave Application No. 2498/2021 filed by Judge Mrs. Archana D. Jatar, against whom corruption charges have been leveled by the Anti-Corruption Bureau.
The FIR No. 0025 dated 14/1/2021 under Sections 7 & 12 of the Anti-Corruption Act, 1988, registered by the Dehu Road Police, District Pune, sets out that Mrs. Archana Jatar, who is a Judicial Officer in the Vadgaon Courts in Maval taluka had allegedly demanded a bribe of Rs.5 lakhs from one Swapnil Madhukar Shevkar, so as not to proceed in his case before her.
According to the Complainant, as noted in the FIR, Judge Jatar had also had a telephone talk with one Deshmukh, another Judicial Officer from the Vadgaon Courts.