IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRI.APPLICATION NO.638 OF 200 CRI.APPLICATION NO.638 OF 200 CRI.APPLICATION NO.638 OF 2009 Karansingh lalusingh Yadav, .. Applicant Vs The State of Maharashtra, ... Respondent. Mr.R.D.Suryawanshi, for the applicant. Mrs S.D.Shinde, APP, for the respondent. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE,J. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE,J. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE,J. DATE : 15/04/200 DATE : 15/04/200 DATE : 15/04/2009 PC: PC: PC: 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned APP for the respondent. 2. The applicant is seeking bail in C.R.No.I-114 of 2008 of Vithalwadi police station. The said crime has been registered against the applicant for having allegedly committed an offence punishable under sections 489(B),(C) of the IPC. 3. It is the prosecution case that on 11.8.2008 the applicant was caught by the Bank officials depositing forty counterfeit notes of 500 denomination. Thereafter, in the search another 42 notes of 500 denomination were found in the suitcase at his residence. Mr Suryawanshi, learned counsel for the applicant, vehemently submitted that the provisions of section 489(B) are not attracted at all in view of the fact that the applicant never attempted to either sell or buy or receive the counterfeit currency notes as genuine, knowing the same to be forged or counterfeit. He submitted that in fact the act of going to the Bank for depositing the said notes shows that the applicant was innocent. He further submitted that had he known that the notes were counterfeit currency notes, he would not have gone to the Bank and could have circulated them in the market. He submitted, at the most the provisions of section 489(C) are attracted which offence is a bailable offence. Having considered overall facts and circumstances of the case, though I am not in favour of expressing any opinion on the submissions of Mr Suryawanshi, I am satisfied that continuing detention of the applicant is not necessary. Moreover, the applicant has no criminal antecedents and that he is an auto- driver. Hence the following order. . The applicant is directed to be enlarged on bail in the sum of Rs.25,000/- with two local sureties to make up the said amount, subject to condition that the applicant shall report to the concerned police station every Saturday between 10 and 11 am till conclusion of the trial. . While passing this order I shall not be understood to have expressed any opinion on merits of the case and the trial Court shall deal with the case uninfluenced by the observations made in this order. . The application is disposed of. (D.B.BHOSALE, J.) (D.B.BHOSALE, J.) (D.B.BHOSALE, J.)