1 1 1 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 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.3315 OF 2008 Ram Maruti Nivekar .. Applicant. Vs. The State of Maharashtra .. Respondent. Mr.Niranjan Mundargi for the applicant. Mr.J.P.Yagnik A.P.P. for the State. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. DATED : 8TH OCTOBER, 2008. DATED : 8TH OCTOBER, 2008. DATED : 8TH OCTOBER, 2008. P.C.: . Heard Mr.Mundargi, learned counsel for the applicant and Mr.Yagnik, learned A.P.P. for the respondent-State. 2. The applicant is seeking anticipatory bail in C.R.No.2 of 2008 of Paud police station, Pune. The said crime has been registered against the applicant for having committed an offence punishable under sections 420, 460, 467, 468, 471 readwith 34 of the IPC. The C.R. has been registered in pursuance of the order issued by the learned Magistrate under section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. It is on the allegations that the present applicant with his relatives, including his brother and sister, sold seven plots of land in 1997. That transaction, according to the complainant, was made by the applicant and others by representing to the purchasers 2 2 2 that the complainant was dead and thereby they have committed forgery for purpose of cheating. I have perused xerox copies of the transaction which shows that the said transaction was entered into in 1997 and also show that the documents were signed by all the relations of the applicant. The applicant claims that all the seven plots was their ancestral property and hence all the members of the joint family had signed the sale deed. Looking to the nature of allegations and overall facts and circumstances of the case I am inclined to grant this application for anticipatory bail. Hence I pass the following order: . In the event of arrest, the applicant shall be enlarged on bail in the sum of Rs.25,000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount subject to the condition that the applicant shall report to the concerned police station on every Saturday between 10.00 a.m. and 11.00 a.m. for a period of 90 days or till filing of charge sheet, whichever is earlier. . 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 without being influenced by the observations made in the order. 3 3 3 (D.B.Bhosale, J.) (D.B.Bhosale, J.) (D.B.Bhosale, J.)