1 27-crn.3296-09 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.3296 OF 2009 Shri Ramdas Sonaji Shirke. ..Applicant. -Versus- State of Maharashtra and another. ..Respondents. ... Mr.S.M. Gorwadkar, Advocate for the Applicant. Mr.J.P. Yagnik, APP, for the Respondents - State. ... CORAM : A.P. DESHPANDE,J. DATED : 3RD AUGUST, 2009. P.C. :- 1. I have already disposed of Criminal Application No.3125 of 2009 with Criminal Application Nos.3126,3127, 3153 and 3154 of 2009, filed by five applicants, vide order dated 28th July, 2009. The said applicants had worked as Special Auditors, after completion of the financial year and as per the orders passed by the District Deputy Registrar. Prima facie, I have found that the Special Auditors who carried out the audit in successive years cannot be said to be the conspirators in the commission of the offence and thus granted them anticipatory bail. The present applicant is similarly situated. He has also worked as a Special Auditor. Hence, for the reasons recorded in the common order dated 28.7.2009 passed in Criminal Application No.3125 of 2009 with 2 27-crn.3296-09 Criminal Application Nos.3126,3127, 3153 and 3154 of 2009, the present application is allowed. In the result the following order is passed : :: O R D E R :: In the event of arrest of the applicant in CR No.66/2009 registered with Shivajinagar Police Station for offences punishable under Sections 406, 409, 420, 467, 468, 477-A, 120B read with Section 34 of IPC, the applicant shall be released on bail on executing personal bond in the sum of Rs.25,000/- [Rs.Twenty Five Thousand Only] together with one or two sureties in the like amount. The applicant shall abide by the conditions stipulated in Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Criminal Application stands disposed of. [A.P.DESHPANDE,J.]