1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR. CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1590 OF 2010 (Naresh Ratnakar Lokhande .v. State of Maharashtra) Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram appearances, Court's orders or directions Court's or Judge's Orders and Registrar's orders. Shri S.A. Ashirgade, Advocate for the applicant. Shri S.M. Bhagde, APP for the respondent/State. CORAM : PRASANNA B. VARALE, J. 18TH OCTOBER, 2010. Heard. By way of present application, the applicant is seeking regular bail in the Crime No.156/2010 registered with Police Station, Tahsil, Nagpur for the offence punishable under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code. In the report dated 15.09.2010, it was stated that one Kirtikumar Shende has purchased electronic product namely Air Conditioner. It is the case of the investigating agency that while seeking the financial assistance from one Bajaj Finance Company, fabricated documents were submitted so as to avail the financial assistance. Learned Counsel for the applicant submits that in the report there is no mention of the applicant nor any role is attributed to the applicant. Reply is filed by the learned APP and the record is also produced. Perused the reply and the record. The record reveals that one Amit Patil is the mastermind as alleged by the investigating agency. On the statement of this co-accused Amit Patil, the applicant is involved. The applicant is the servant in one Xerox Shop. Nothing was brought by the investigating agency to show any active role played by the applicant except the statement of co-accused. Learned Counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is nothing to do with the xerox shop and he is the paid employee of the said xerox shop. 2 Prima facie case is made out for release of the applicant on bail. The interest of the investigating agency can be protected by putting the applicant on conditions. The main accused against whom the allegations are made that they are beneficiaries, are already released on bail. In the result, the application is allowed. The applicant be released on bail on furnishing PR bond of Rs.20,000/- (rupees twenty thousand only) with one surety in the like amount, on the following conditions. (i) The applicant to cooperate with the investigating agency and attend the Police Station, Tahsil, Nagpur on every 2nd and 4th Sunday between 09:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon. (ii) The applicant shall not tamper with the evidence nor commit any act such as contacting the prosecution witnesses or pressurize them. (iii) The applicant to submit his residential address and his contact numbers such as phone/mobile numbers to the investigating agency. (iv) In case the applicant is moving out of the area of Police Station, Tahsil, Nagpur, he shall inform the Police Station about his visit to other place. In case of breach of these conditions, the prosecution agency to take necessary steps in accordance with the provisions of law. JUDGE *rrg.