1 CA-4929.10 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE  CRIMINAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.4929 OF 2010 Satyawan Shivaji Nichal .... Applicant Vs. The State of Maharashtra .... Respondent S/Shri Karan Bhosale i/b O.A. Siddique for the Applicant. Ms P.H. Kantharia, APP, for the State. CORAM: R.C. CHAVAN, J. DATED: JANUARY 12, 2011 P.C: 1. This is an application for anticipatory bail by a person who was allegedly entrusted with some kerosene by Hanumanth Deshmukh who was supposed to distribute the kerosene in his fair price shop to the villagers. The applicant allegedly carried this kerosene to village Raleras and distributed it to ration card holders. The balance of 250 litres of kerosene was allegedly sent by the applicant in two barrels in an auto-rickshaw owned by Milind Sherkhane. Milind was apprehended on 2-10-2010 when he was carrying the kerosene meant for distribution under the 2 CA-4929.10 public distribution system. Considering the nature of the allegations made against the applicant, it is not clear as to why the applicant's being in custody for the purpose of investigation would be necessary. The person who was found in possession of the kerosene has already been arrested and bailed out also. The person who was entrusted with the job of distributing the kerosene, that is Deshmukh, is stated to have suffered heart attack and is in hospital for by-pass surgery and therefore he is not touched yet. The applicant was merely carrying out an errant of Deshmukh. Therefore, in the event of his arrest the applicant be released on bail in C.R. No.12 of 2010 of Vairag Police Station, District Solapur on his furnishing P.R. Bond in the sum of Rs.25,000/- with one or more solvent sureties in the sum aggregating to Rs.25,000/- on the condition that the applicant shall report at the police station concerned on 17-1-2011 at 10:00 a.m. for interrogation and thereafter as and when required by the I.O.. The applicant shall not, directly or indirectly, make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him/her from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer and he shall not leave the 3 CA-4929.10 country without the prior permission of the trial Court. 2. This order shall remain in force till the trial is over with the only stipulation that if charge-sheeted, the applicant may furnish fresh bond before the trial Court in view of the Judgment of the Supreme Court, dated 2-12-2010, delivered in Criminal Appeal No.2271 of 2010, arising out of SLP (Cri.) No. 7615 of 2009 {Siddharam Satlingappa Mhetre v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.}. 3. The application accordingly stands disposed of. (R.C. CHAVAN, J.)