Pune: The Bombay high court on Friday granted a week's interim relief to builder DS Kulkarni, also known as DSK, and his wife, Hemanti, in a cheating case lodged here by one of the depositors of the DSK group.According to the court order, the builder and his wife will be required to furnish a surety of Rs1 lakh each to secure their release in the event of arrest. The matter is due for the next hearing on November 17.On November 8, a special court for Maharashtra Protection of Interests of Depositors (MPID) Act in Pune had rejected the pre-arrest bail plea of Kulkarni and his wife and their appeal for continuation of interim protection against any coercive action by the city police.The couple moved the high court filing a second anticipatory bail plea on Thursday.The high court's additional public prosecutor, Vinod Chate, told TOI, "The matter was listed today (Friday) for the first hearing before the bench of Justice AS Gadkari. The bench has given a week's time to us to take detail instructions (from police) for the final arguments on November 17. Till then, the bench has ordered an interim relief in favour of the petitioners."Chate said, "The court also held oral discussion with the lawyers representing the applicants on how the latter intended to repay money to the depositors and how much of the same they could deposit soon."Senior lawyer Manoj S Mohite, who appeared for DSK, confirmed the court's interim order and said, "The interim relief is to the effect that in the event of their arrest, the two applicants shall be released on furnishing a surety of Rs1 lakh each."Mohite said, "The bench orally indicated that the applicants must show, by the next hearing, how they intend to return the money of the depositors."

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