IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRI.APPLICATION NO.1547 OF 200 CRI.APPLICATION NO.1547 OF 200 CRI.APPLICATION NO.1547 OF 2009 Punit Mahesh Pandit, .. Applicant Vs The State of Maharashtra, .. Respondent. Mr Ajay R.Varma, for the applicant. Mrs S.D.Shinde, for the respondent. AND CRI.APPLICATION NO.1601 OF 200 CRI.APPLICATION NO.1601 OF 200 CRI.APPLICATION NO.1601 OF 2009 Rohit Kumar Dineshkumar Joshi .. Applicant Vs The State of Maharashtra, .. Respondent. Mr Prashant Gurav, for the applicant. Mrs S.D.Shinde, for the respondent. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE,J. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE,J. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE,J. DATE : 05/05/200 DATE : 05/05/200 DATE : 05/05/2009 PC: PC: PC: 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicants and learned APP for the respondent. 2. The applicants are seeking bail in C.R.No.440 of 2008 of Kandivli Police station. The said crime has been registered against the applicants for having allegedly committed an offence punishable under sections 381,420,465,467,468,471 read with 34 of IPC. 3. The prosecution case, in brief, is that the main accused-Rahul Wadkar committed theft of cheques, forged them and deposited those cheques in the account of the applicant-Punit Pandit. The amount was, thereafter, withdrawn from the account of Punit Pandit by all the accused. The main accused Rahul Wadkar has already been released on bail by this court vide order dated 3.4.2009 (in Criminal Case No.1510 of 2009). In view thereof, the learned counsel for the applicants submits that looking to the role attributed and allegedly played by the applicants, they are also entitled for bail. I have perused the order dated 3.4.2009 and the other material placed on record. I have also seen the role attributed and allegedly played by the present applicants and of Rahul Wadkar. Keeping that in view and considering that the applicants are permanent residents of Mumbai and that the chargesheet has also been filed, in my opinion, continued detention of the applicants is not necessary. Hence, I pass the following order. . The applicants-Punit Mahesh Pandit and Rohit Kumar Dineshkumar Joshi- are directed to be enlarged on bail in the sum of Rs.10,000/- each with one or two sureties to make up the said amount, subject to condition that they shall report to the concerned police station on first Saturday of every month between 10 and 11 am till conclusion of the trial. . While passing this order I shall not be understood to have expressed any opinion on merits of the case and the trial Court shall deal with the case uninfluenced by the observations made in this order. . The applications are disposed of. (D.B.BHOSALE, J.) (D.B.BHOSALE, J.) (D.B.BHOSALE, J.)