BA-649-11.sxw 1 Dixit IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION NO.649 OF 2011 Amitkumar Bholaprasad Gupta ... Applicant V/s. The State of Maharashtra, Thru' Dahisar Police Station, Mumbai ... Respondent Mr. Amarendra Mishra for the Applicant. Mr. K.V. Saste, APP, for the Respondent. CORAM:- A.M. THIPSAY, J. DATED :- 8 TH JUNE, 2011. P.C. : 1. Heard Mr. Mishra, the learned Advocate for the Applicant, and Mr. Saste, the learned APP for the Respondent. 2. I have gone through the Bail Application and the annexures thereto. The Applicant has been arrested on the allegation of having committed offences punishable under Sections 465, 467, 468, 471, 420 IPC read with Section 34 of the IPC on the basis of report lodged by one Smt. Pinky Singh. The First Informant, for certain reasons, as have been mentioned in the F.I.R., BA-649-11.sxw 2 Dixit suspected that it was the Applicant who had fraudulently withdrawn an amount of Rs.3,42,220/- from her account in the HDFC Bank. It is not necessary to discuss the merits of the matter except observing that though there may be proper and sufficient reasons for suspecting the Applicant, the case against the Applicant, after investigation, does not proceed much further than that. 3. The Applicant is in custody since 27th January, 2011. I am informed that no charge has been framed till today. I am also informed that the Applicant has no past criminal record. 4. Considering all the relevant aspects of the matter including the period already spent by the Applicant in custody and that the trial cannot be expected to be held expeditiously, I think it proper to release the Applicant on bail. 5. The Applicant be released on bail in the sum of Rs.30,000/- with one surety in like amount or two sureties in the sum of Rs.15,000/-. BA-649-11.sxw 3 Dixit [A.M. THIPSAY, J.]