IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 3278 OF 2009 Chandrakant Sandipan Bhilare ....... Applicant versus The State of Maharashtra ........Respondent. Mr. Vikas Shivarkar adv. for the Applicant Mrs. P.P. Shinde APP. for the Respondent/State. CORAM: A. P DESHPANDE, J. DATED : 11th August, 2009. P. C.: 1. The present applicant is original accused no.2 in C.R. No. 257/09 registered at Hadapsar police station, Pune for offences punishable under sections 420, 465, 467, 468, 471, 201, read with 34 of IPC. On receipt of information that one Bhusan Meshram is indulging in providing forged and fabricated documents which are necessary as proof of address for the purposes of obtaining loan or such other similar purposes. The said person was stated to be charging somewhere in between Rs. 500 to Rs. 2000 for supplying forged and fabricated driving license, electricity bill, tax receipt, pan card etc. Hence a trap was led and Bhusan Meshran accused no.1 was apprehended. The accused no.1 informed the police that it is the present applicant accused no.2 who used to prepare the forged documents and use to supply to accused no.1. Again a trap was led and present applicant was apprehended. The applicant has been in custody since his arrest viz. 12-4-2009 and almost a period of four months is over. Investigation is complete. All the witnesses are from the police department. It is hence submitted by the learned counsel for the applicant that there is no chance of pressurizing the witnesses or tampering the evidence. Having regard to the nature of offence for the commission of which the applicant is charged, it is submitted that the applicant be released on bail. 2, Per contra the learned APP has stated that if released on bail, the applicant is likely to indulge in similar activities. Thus it is submitted that the applicant in case of release on bail be made to attend the police station regularly. So that there will be a check on the activities of the applicant. 3. In the above set of facts, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail however subject to conditions. In the result the application is allowed. The applicant shall be released on bail in C.R. No. 257/09 registered at Hadapsar police station, Pune for offences punishable under sections 420, 465, 467, 468, 471, 201, read with 34 of IPC, on executing personal bond in the sum of Rs. 25,000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. The applicant shall attend Hadapsar police station once a week i.e. On Saturday in between 5 to 8 p.m. till the conclusion of the trial. Application is disposed of. (A. P. Deshpande, J.)