1 apln3021-10 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MUMBAI CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.3021 OF 2010 Aakanksha Deepak Pawar. ..Applicant. Vs. The State of Maharashtra ..Respondent. .... Mr.V.V. Purwant, Advocate for the applicant. Mr.K.V. Saste, A.P.P. for the State. .... CORAM : A.R.JOSHI, J. DATED : 30TH JULY, 2010 P.C. 1. Heard rival submissions for sometime on this application for anticipatory bail preferred by the applicant apprehending her arrest in C.R. No.105 of 2009 registered with Karad City police station, District - Sangli. 2. Offences alleged against the applicant are that she along with other co-accused i.e. her husband and her brother-in-law, committed an offence punishable under Sections 420, 406, 417, 465, 467, 468, 471 of IPC and offences of forgery and fabrication of documents and using the same as genuine one. 2 apln3021-10 3. Apparently it is a case of defrauding the members of some organization by name Jivanshanti Mahila Griha Udyog Samuha. Apparently, the co-accused are the main office bearers. Present applicant, being the wife of the co-accused was attending various branches of said organization and she used to collect whatever collection gathered from the members. The Scheme was such that handcraft training was to be given to the members for doing some household work of preparation of artifects, garlands, bouquets, flowers etc. and for that purpose certain amount is to be charged. Totally charges from each members were being collected to the tune of Rs.4400/- or so including the training fee, security deposit and other incidental charges. The role assigned to the present applicant, as mentioned above, is that she used to collect whatever collection gathered from the members. However, as assured, the returns were not extended to the members and also to the complainant and her friend. 4. Admittedly, co-accused are already arrested and released on bail. However, present applicant apparently 3 apln3021-10 evaded the arrest for about a year or so. During the arguments, it is submitted on behalf of the applicant that she being a housewife had not left the house and was all along available, but, still feel that she may be arrested at any time. 5. Considering the rival submissions and allegations against the applicant and that the main accused are already arrested and released on bail, it will be in the fitness of the situation to protect the applicant for about two weeks and directions to be given to her to surrender before the concerned Additional Sessions Court and ask for regular bail. Hence, the order :- :: O R D E R :: [i] The applicant to surrender before the concerned Sessions Court within two weeks from the date of this order. In the meantime, she is protected against her arrest at the hands of the police. [ii] The learned Sessions Court shall not be influenced by the observations made in the present 4 apln3021-10 order, so far as merits of the bail application which is to be filed by the applicant are concerned. [iii] Criminal Application No.3021 of 2010 for anticipatory bail is disposed of accordingly. (A.R.JOSHI,J.) PPD 11.apln3021-10