1 SNS IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION NO.1839 OF 2011 Shafiul Samahammad Shaikh ..Applicant. v/s. The State ..Respondent. Ms Jamal Ostwal i/by M/s J.J.Associates, adv. for the Applicant. Ms R.V.Newton, APP for the respondent/State. CORAM : J.H.BHATIA, J. DATE : 14th December, 2011 PC : 1 Applicant seeks to be released on bail in crime no.161 of 2010 registered with Laxmipuri police station, Kolhapur for the offences punishable under Sections 489(B), 489(C) r/w section 34 IPC. 2 Prosecution case, in brief is that, on 2.12.2010, the present applicant and three other persons from the District:Malda, West Bengal were seen at Shivaji Chowk, Kolhapur. During some dispute between the four persons, one of them had torn off one currency note of Rs.1,000/-. This created suspicion in the mind of police and they were encircled. One of them escaped and three were apprehended. From the accused no.1 Samir 16 counterfeit notes of Rs.1000/- each were found. From the present applicant twelve counterfeit notes of denomination of Rs.1,000/- each were 2 found and from the accused no.3 Mohd. Shaikh, 18 such notes were found. All the notes were found to be counterfeit. Therefore, the case was registered against them. Applicant is in custody since then. Investigation is completed and the charge-sheet is filed but the trial is not commenced. The learned counsel for the applicant contends that there is no material for the application of Section 489(B). Case falls only under Section 489(C) for the possession of the counterfeit notes and the offence is bailable. Applicant is in jail for the last about one year. The learned counsel for the applicant states that if the bail is granted, the applicant will not leave the jurisdiction of the police station and shall attend the police station regularly as may be directed by this Court. 3 Looking to the facts of the case and the above circumstances, the applicant is granted bail in the sum of Rs.25,000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount with the condition that he shall attend the Laxmipuri police station on the 1st and 3rd Monday of every month between 4 to 6 p.m. till disposal of the case. (J.H.BHATIA, J.)