1 Cri.Appln.No.1005/2011 1. FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1005/2011 ( Vitthal s/o Khairu Rathod Vs. The State of Maharashtra ) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office notes, office Memoranda of Coram,appearances, Court’s orders Court’s or Judge’s orders. or directions and Registrar’s orders ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. BS Kudale, Adv. for Applicant; Mr. NB Patil APP for State. *** CORAM: K.U.CHANDIWAL ,J. DATE : 5 th April, 2011. ... 1) Heard finally. 2) The applicant/accused, an employee on contract, seeks pre-arrest bail in Crime No.259/2010. 3) Assistant Accountant, District Rural Development Machinery, Zilla Parishad, Hingoli, approached the police on 30.12.2010 to inform, being so authorized by Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad, by virtue of order dated 29.12.2010, he has filed F.I.R.. The work for preparing data was given to various institutes, one of them was Sevalal Sham Rojgar Seva Sahakari Sanstha as per order dated 27.2.2009 and 28.4.2009. It was conducted by Sanjab Shamrao Chavan. Though the work was completed by the said institute and the institute was eligible to receive Rs. 2 Cri.Appln.No.1005/2011 30,334/-, the amount was not paid to it, but by opening a forged Account in the Bank of Baroda, the amount was defalcated. Specific role/grievance was alleged by said Sanjab Chavan to the authorities concerned, which was acknowledged on 30th November, 2010. 4) Learned APP submits that it is not a single transaction of Rs.30,334/- alone, there are several such transactions and one of the withdrawal was of more than Rs.5,00,000/-. The total defalcation or misappropriation, according to learned APP, is ranging from 6-7 lakhs. 5) At this stage of the matter, when Sanjab Chavan has specifically named the accused/applicant, having forged signature and Account was opened at Bank of Baroda, custodial interrogation of the applicant/accused is imperative. 6) Consequently, the application lacks merit, dismissed. The observations are prima facie in nature. (K.U.CHANDIWAL) JUDGE bdv/