Mumbai, July 19 (Reporter) In a setback to Mumbai crime branch investigating the hoarding crash in Ghatkopar that killed 17 people, a court here on Friday granted bail to an architect who issued a structural stability certificate for the hoarding. In another development in the case, the Bombay High Court on asked the Mumbai police to clarify its stand on the allegations of illegal arrest by a director of the media company which installed the hoarding. Additional Sessions Judge V M Pathade, while granting bail to Manoj Ramkrishna Sanghu against a bond of Rs 1 lakh, directed him to appear before the investigating officer as and when required. The court also told him not to leave the country without its permission and refrain from influencing witnesses or tampering with evidence. While opposing the bail plea, the crime branch argued that Sanghu colluded with Ego Media director Bhavesh Bhinde and another director, Janhvi Marathe, to issue a fake structural stability report for the hoarding. The prosecution contended that granting him bail might affect the ongoing investigation. Sanghu, 41, an architect on the civic body’s panel, has been accused of designing the hoarding and issuing the structural stability audit report without consulting other experts. According to police, the stability certificate issued by Sanghu permitted a hoarding of the size of 40-by-40 feet, but the structure’s size was illegally increased to 120-by-140 feet. On May 13, the hoarding collapsed on a petrol pump, killing 17 and injuring 75 people. Sanghu’s lawyer, Devanand Manekar, argued that he was engaged by Ego Media solely to create a structural design for the hoarding and denied all the allegations levelled by the prosecution. Meanwhile, the Bombay High Court on Friday asked the Mumbai police to clarify its stand on the allegations of illegal arrest of a director of Ego Media Bhavesh Bhinde in the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse case. Bhinde is at present in judicial custody and has sought bail pending hearing in his quashing petition. On Friday, a bench of Justices Bharati Dangre and Manjusha said the plea raises the contention of illegal arrest as the mandatory notice under Section 41A of the Code of Criminal Procedure was not issued to the accused first. The provision mandates serving a notice before arresting an accused in offences punishable with less than seven years of imprisonment...////...