1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 4642 OF 2009 1.Ganesh s/o. Maharu Zope 2.Nandkumar s/o. Pundalik Bhangale ....Applicants Vs. The State of Maharashtra ....Respondent ------ Mr. Shirish Gupte - Senior Counsel i/b. Mr. Subodh Desai/ MR. Bharat R. Warma for Applicants Mrs. S.D. Shinde -APP for State ------ CORAM: V.M. KANADE J. DATED: 2ND DECEMBER, 2009 P.C. 1. Heard the learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the Applicants and the learned APP for the State. 2. The Learned APP for the State has filed affidavit of the Assistant Commissioner of Police. 3. The Applicants apprehend arrest in connection with C.R. No. 218 of 2009 registered at Bhadrakali Police Station for the offence punishable under sections 420, 465, 467, 468, 471-A, 120-B of the Indian Penal Code. 1 4. It is alleged that one Ramrao Patil had obtained loan in the name of various employees and had taken their signatures on the pretext of giving them permanent job in Nasik Municipal Corporation, and thereafter, these signatures were used for the fake and bogus loan proposal, which was taken from The Sahakar Mitra Chandrakant Hari Badhe Sir Urban Co-op. Credit Society Ltd. and which was used by him for his personal use. It is alleged that the present Applicants were working in the said credit society. The only allegation against these Applicants is that when the proposal was given to the Managing Director of the society by one of the other accused and it was seconded by some other accused, the Applicants have allegedly signed the minutes of the said meeting in which the resolution has allegedly been passed for sanctioning the said loan. In the affidavit which is filed by the Respondent, it is fairly stated that their signatures were obtained subsequently and there is no material on record to show that the Applicants were present in the meeting when the said loan was sanctioned. 5. In this view of the matter, the Applicants have made out a prima facie case for grant of anticipatory bail. Interim protection has already been granted by 1 order dated 16th October, 2009 by this Court. The said interim order is confirmed. 6. The Applicants, in the event of their arrest in connection with the C.R. No. 218 of 2009 registered at Bhadrakali Police Station for the offence punishable under sections 420, 465, 467, 468, 471-A, 120-B of the Indian Penal Code, be released on bail in a sum of Rs. 10,000/- each with one or two sureties each in the like amount. They shall co-operate with the police and report to the concerned police station as and when called. 7. Application is disposed of. (V.M. KANADE J.)