PANJIM, Sept. 26 -- The Additional Sessions Judge-I at Merces, Bosco G. F. Roberts granted bail to Siddique alias Suleman Khan, an accused in a forgery case registered at the Mapusa Police Station, observing that the subsequent CFSL report, which was inconclusive as to whether the accused had forged the disputed sale deed, constituted a material change in circumstances.

The order was passed on Friday in Sessions case (Original) No. 85/2025, on the accused's third bail application under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. The accused was in custody since November 2024.

The case concerns allegations relating to a purported forged sale deed concerning property bearing Chalta No. 2 of P.T. Sheet No. 67 of City Surve...