1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 2859 OF 2009 Chandramohan Gopinath Dubey ........ Applicant versus The State of Maharashtra ........Respondent. Mr. S.H. Mishra adv. for the Applicant Mr. J.P. Yagnik APP. for the Respondent/State. CORAM: A. P DESHPANDE, J. DATED : 27th July, 2009. P. C.: 1. Heard the learned counsel for the applicant and the learned APP. The present application is moved for anticipatory bail in MEC.R. No. 1/09 for offence under sec. 420, 465, 467, 468 and 471 of IPC registered by Dharavi police station. Apprehending arrest for the said offence the present application has been moved. According to the prosecution, the applicant has erased two names from the ration card and at its place inserted two names of his family members in the ration card for obtaining the benefit of allotment of residential accommodation at Vashi Naka - Chembur. During the investigation it has transpired from the statement of one Bhojraj Ramchandra Rathod, Asstt. Rationing officer attached to rationing office no.17 that the applicant was issued a ration 2 card wherein the following names were included : Chandramohan Gopinath Dubey, Sandip, Kalavatidevi, Jayalaxmi, Vijayalaxmi Dhanalaxmi and Amit, and whereas by erasing the names at serial no.2 and 7 the names of Girijashankar and Shashikant are included in the said card and the said forged document prima facie appears to have been used for obtaining benefit in the nature of allotment of residential premises. Prior to the present application being moved before this court, similar application was filed before the Sessions court and the Sessions court being of the view that custodial interrogation is necessary, has rejected the application. 5. On perusal of the statements recorded and the order passed by the Sessions court, I am of the view that this is not a fit case for release of the applicant by granting anticipatory bail. In the result application is rejected. (A. P. Deshpande, J.)