MUMBAI, Sept. 16 -- The Bombay High Court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to three suspended Government Railway Police personnel accused of threatening and extorting Rs.30,000 from a jeweller at Mumbai Central railway station last month. Justice Nitin R Borkar, while hearing the plea of officers Rahul Bhosale, Lalit Jagtap, and Anil Rathod, accepted their counsel Aniket Nikam's contention that the allegations in the complaint against them were "over-exaggerated." The court ordered that, in the event of arrest, the trio should be released on personal bonds of Rs.25,000 each. They have also been directed not to contact witnesses and to cooperate with the investigating officer this week. As per the FIR on August 10, the officers, one of whom was not wearing an identity badge, stopped the victim and his daughter before their journey to Rajasthan. The jeweller claimed he was taken inside a dark room, threatened with jail time, and forced to sign a document. He alleged that Rs.30,000 from his bag was taken by the policemen. Five days later, he filed a complaint. The government lawyer argued the delay was due to his travel. The prosecution They also said the officers had failed to follow mandatory procedures, such as recording the search in the register or conducting it under CCTV surveillance, instead carrying it out inside a room. Earlier, a sessions court had rejected their bail plea. Additional sessions judge Prashant Kale had observed that custodial interrogation was necessary to uncover the truth, and granting them relief at that stage would give them a sense of protection. HTC...