IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA CRIMINAL APPLICATION ( BAIL ) NO. 46 OF 2010 MR. TIWAN D'SOUZA ALIAS MR. SAMEER DESSAI ... Applicant Versus STATE THROUGH PP AND ANR., ... Respondents Mr. Arun Bras D'sa, Advocate for the Appellant. Mr. C. A. Ferreira, Public Prosecutor for the State/Respondents. Coram:- R. M. SAVANT, J. Date:- 22nd February, 2010 P.C. This is an application for anticipatory bail filed by the Applicant abovenamed, who apprehends his arrest in Crime no.48/2008, registered at the Quepem Police Station. 2. The FIR has been registered at the instance of one Arun V. Bhat, the Branch Manager of Indus Ind Bank, Margao Branch, on 03.07.2008, alleging that between 05.02.2007 to 11.06.2008, one Vishal Vasudev Naik, has obtained loan amount of Rs.8,66,000/- from the said Bank and purchased a truck bearing registration no. GA-09-V-3467 and later on forged the signature of the Branch Manager on the fake letterhead and also prepared fake seal of the said Bank and used the same and submitted the same to the RTO purporting to be genuine document for cancellation of the hypothecation and thereafter transferred the said vehicle in the name of one Shri Brahmanand G. Naik and, resultantly, cheated the Bank to the tune of Rs.8,66,000/-. 3. In the course of investigation, it has been disclosed by the main Accused, Shri Vishal Naik, that the present Applicant has prepared the said forged documents and stamps and given them to Shri Vishal Naik, and had taken Rs.1,00,000/- for providing such forged documents. The Applicant has criminal antecedents, which have been recorded in paragraph 4 of the Order of the learned Sessions Judge, who has rejected the bail application. 4. In my view, considering the facts as stated above, the custodial interrogation of the Applicant is necessary. In that view of the matter, no case is made out, the Application is rejected. R. M. SAVANT, J. arp/*