IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 4140 OF 2004 Vinod Pranlal Avlani ... Applicant versus The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent ... Mr. S.R. Chitnis, Senior Counsel, with Mr. Nitin Sejpal, for the Applicant. Mr. A.S. Gadkari, A.P.P., for the Respondent. ... CORAM : A.M.KHANWILKAR,J. 29th September 2004 P.C.: . Heard Counsel for the parties. Perused the original papers produced before me, in particular statements recorded during the investigation and the pass book entries in respect of Account No. 021/4804 in Janseva Sahakari Bank Ltd., Borivli Branch, Borivli (West). The role of the Applicant in the commission of offence is disclosed from the materials available with the investigating agency. Having regard to the seriousness of the offence, I see no reason to depart from the conclusion reached by the Court below in rejecting the application for release on anticipatory bail preferred by the Applicant. Hence, dismissed. . Counsel for the Applicant states that the Applicant assures to surrender before the Investigating Officer at 11 a.m. tomorrow. The Applicant not to be arrested till 11 a.m. tomorrow. (A.M.KHANWILKAR,J.)