1 ABA-25.11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE  CRIMINAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.25 OF 2011 Gorakhnath Haribhau Sarjine .... Applicant Vs. State of Maharashtra .... Respondent Shri D.D. Shinde for the Applicant. Shri J.P. Kharge, APP, for the State. CORAM: R.C. CHAVAN, J. DATED: JANUARY 27, 2011 P.C: 1. This is an application for anticipatory bail by a Sub-Post Master who was in-charge of the Post Office, Otur from 4-6-2007 to 17-6-2007. During this period four depositors tendered a sum of Rs.20,000/- each, that is Rs.80,000/- in all for being invested in SBI Mutual Fund. This amount was actually received by co-accused Sachin Nilkanth Kshirsagar. He has deposited the amount back on 28-4-2010, after the audit. Instead of investing the amount in the SBI Mutual Fund, the said Sachin is alleged to have kept the money with himself. The learned counsel for the applicant states that the applicant was in- 2 ABA-25.11 charge of the concerned post office only for seven days and except for signing the necessary documents about the receipt of the amount for being invested in SBI Mutual Fund, he has no role to play. The learned APP confirms this from the police officer who is present in the Court. In view of this, the applicant's being in custody for the purpose of further investigation may not be necessary. Hence, in the event of his arrest the applicant be released on bail in C.R. No.97 of 2010 of Otur Police Station on his furnishing P.R. Bond in the sum of Rs.50,000/- with one or more solvent sureties in the sum aggregating to Rs.50,000/- on the condition that the applicant shall report at the police station concerned on 28-1-2011 at 11:00 a.m. for interrogation and thereafter as and when required by the I.O.. The applicant shall not, directly or indirectly, make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him/her from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer and he shall not leave the country without the prior permission of the trial Court. 2. This order shall remain in force till 3 ABA-25.11 the trial is over with the only stipulation that if charge-sheeted, the applicant may furnish fresh bond before the trial Court in view of the Judgment of the Supreme Court, dated 2-12-2010, delivered in Criminal Appeal No.2271 of 2010, arising out of SLP (Cri.) No. 7615 of 2009 {Siddharam Satlingappa Mhetre v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.}. 3. The application accordingly stands disposed of. (R.C. CHAVAN, J.)