1 HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.2842 OF 2005. CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.2842 OF 2005. CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.2842 OF 2005. Shah Nawaz Hashmat Mansuri @ Lucky....Applicant. V/s. The State of Maharashtra. ...Respondent Shri M.M.Khan, for applicant. Shri A.S.Gadkari, APP for respondent. CORAM: A.M.KHANWILKAR,J CORAM: A.M.KHANWILKAR,J CORAM: A.M.KHANWILKAR,J DATE : MAY 3, 2005 DATE : MAY 3, 2005 DATE : MAY 3, 2005 P.C. :- P.C. :- P.C. :- 1. Heard the counsel for the parties. 2. I see no reason to depart from the conclusion reached by the court below in rejecting the prayer for anticipatory bail at the instance of present applicant. The offence in question is serious offence. The applicant has been named by co-accused and the information given by the co-accused is corroborated by the panchanama dated 20th August, 2004. Besides, there is substance in the opinion recorded by the court below that the power of attorney produced by the applicant was defective. Be that as it may. Having regard to the seriousness of the offence and antecedents against 2 the applicant, not a case for anticipatory bail. Hence rejected. 3. At this stage, the counsel for the applicant prays that the applicant be atleast granted 15 days’ time to surrender because the applicant has been granted bail in respect of the cases already registered against him. I see no reason to accede to this prayer, having regard to the antecedents of the applicants. That prayer is rejected. 4. Application disposed of accordingly.