*1* IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.3883/2009 Anuradha Gopal Badawe. ..Applicant -VERSUS- The State of Maharashtra. ..Respondent ............... Mr.S.S.Patwardhan, Advocate for the Applicant. Ms.S.D.Shinde, A.P.P., for the Respondent/State. ............... CORAM: A.P.DESHPANDE, J. Dated 02nd September, 2009. PC:- 1 Heard. 2 Against the present Applicant the offences punishable under Sections 420, 409, 406 r/w 34 of the Indian Penal Code are registered vide Crime No.18/2009 at Pandharpur Town Police Station. 3 Apprehending arrest in the said crime, the Applicant moved an application before the Sessions Judge, Pandharpur seeking anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The Sessions Judge has allowed the application and granted anticipatory bail to the Applicant by ordering that in the event of arrest of the Applicant in the said crime, she be released on bail subject to furnishing a solvent surety and deposit of some amount etc.. Thereafter, the Sessions Judge has directed that on issuing the process by the Trial Court the Applicant shall appear before the Trial Court and shall file an application for regular bail *2* which will be considered by the JMFC, Pandharpur on its own merits. Aggrieved by the said direction, the present application is filed. 4 The learned counsel for the Applicant submits that as the offence is punishable with imprisonment for life, there would arise jurisdictional issue if the matter is considered by the JMFC and thus, seeks slight modification in the order which would permit the Applicant to approach the appropriate Court. 5 The learned APP has no objection to modify that part of the order. 6 In the result, the application is allowed. The following direction in the order dated 07.05.2009 passed by the Sessions Judge which reads thus:- “On issuing of process by the trial court on investigation by the police the applicant shall appear before trial court and shall file application for regular bail which will be considered by the JMFC Pandharpur on its own merits.” shall stand deleted and at its place the following direction shall stand substituted:- “On issuing of process by the Trial Court the Applicant shall appear before the appropriate Court and file an application for regular bail which will be considered by that Court on its own merits.” 7 With the above modification, the Application stands disposed of. (A.P. Deshpande, J)