: 1 : IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.3574 OF 2004 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.3574 OF 2004 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.3574 OF 2004 Mrityunjay Kumar Sachidanand Jha ... Applicant V/s. State of Maharashtra & Anr. ... Respondents Mr.R. Mishra for Applicant Mr.A.S. Gadkari, APP, for Respondents CORAM: A.M. KHANWILKAR, J. A.M. KHANWILKAR, J. A.M. KHANWILKAR, J. DATED: SEPTEMBER 7, 2004 SEPTEMBER 7, 2004 SEPTEMBER 7, 2004 P.C.: P.C.: P.C.: . Heard Counsel for the parties. I find no merit in this application. The Court below has rightly rejected the application on the reasoning that it is not a case of totally groundless allegations against the applicant. Besides, it is rightly submitted by the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor relying on the documents which are presently available with the investigating agency that the applicant after the alleged marriage, which took place on 3.6.2004, travelled to Varanasi alongwith the complainant where the pregnancy of the complainant was terminated. . Be that as it may, merely because the applicant is a Government officer and is likely to affect his service because of the service conditions, it cannot be : 2 : the basis for grant of anticipatory bail. There is material on record to involve the applicant in the commission of the alleged offence and the investigation is still in progress. Hence, the application is dismissed.