..(1).. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.2611 OF 2008 Dilip Shankar Shirdhankar. ..Applicant. Versus Versus Versus The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent. .... Mr.Rahul S. Kate, Adv. for the applicant. Mr.S.S.Pednekar, APP, for the State. .... CORAM : SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J. CORAM : SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J. CORAM : SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J. DATED : 21st August, 2008. DATED : 21st August, 2008. DATED : 21st August, 2008. P.C.: 1. Heard the learned Advocate for the Applicant and the learned APP for the State. 2. The applicant is seeking bail in C.R.No.101 of 2007 of Kashi Mira Police Station. The said case is mainly under Sections 420, 468 of IPC. 3. The prosecution case is that the applicant - Dilip Shirdhankar and co-accused No.5 Suryakant prepared fake Government stamps in the printing press belonging to one Dharmendra. The applicant was working in the said printing press. 4. Ink and other material which were used in ..(2).. making the stamps has been seized at the instance of the accused Dilip Shirdhankar. Perforation machine which is used for making holes at the sides of the stamp was seized from the house of applicant - Dilip Shirdhankar. The applicant/accused was working as a printer in the very same press and hence he was having knowledge of printing and using the said knowledge accused Dilip Shirdhankar has committed offence against the Nation. The report from Security Press, Nashik shows that alleged forged stamps are not genuine. There is prima facie evidence against the accused to show his involvement in making forged Government stamps in Mumbai and Thane. 5. Witness Ramchandra Wakade saw applicant - Dilip Shirdhankar and Suryakant Madhav while packing the stamps in the printing press. He asked Dilip Shirdhankar and Suryakant Madhav whether the owner of the printing press was knowing about the printing of the stamps. At that time these persons threatened Ramchandra Wakade and therefore this witness Ramchandra Wakade did not tell about the facts to the owner of the ..(3).. printing press. 6. Witness Vinod Sadanand Gondbhare stated that applicant Dilip Shirdhankar and Suryakant Madhav were packing the stamps in the printing press and he saw the waste paper lying in the printing press during the process of printing the stamps. Accused Dilip Shirdhankar is main worker who worked on the printing press and he has threatened witness Vinod Gondbhare. 7. The learned APP has stated that applicant Dilip Shirdhankar is habitual offender in making forged Government stamps and offences are pending against him in Kashimira police station, Thane and Mahim police station, Mumbai details of which are as under : ------------------------------------------------- Police Station C.R. U/sections. ------------------------------------------------- [1] Kashimira police 104/1999 255, 258, 259 station 260 IPC. [2] Mahim police 80/2000 258, 259 IPC. ..(4).. station ------------------------------------------------- 8. Looking to the above facts, I do not think that this is a fit case to grant bail. Hence, application for bail is rejected. (SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.) (SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.) (SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.)