2009aba242.11.odt 1/2 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, APPELLATE SIDE NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR CRIMINAL APPLICATION (ABA) NO. 242 OF 2011 CRIMINAL APPLICATION (ABA) NO. 242 OF 2011 (Ram Vasantrao Reghate & another Vs. The State of Maharashtra) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court orders or directions Court's or Judge's Order and Registrar's orders .......................................................................................................................................................................................... Mr. R. M. Patwardhan, Advocate for the applicant. Mr. S. S. Doifode, A.P.P. for the respondent-State. CORAM : U. V. BAKRE, J. DATED : 20TH SEPT., 2011 Heard. 2. The applicants, who apprehend their arrest in Wardha Police Station Crime No. 276/2011 registered for offence punishable under Sections 420 and 468 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, have filed the present application for anticipatory bail. 3. The offence has been registered upon the complaint lodged by Shri M. V. Parsodkar, Branch Manager of Wardha Nagrik Sahakari Bank, Wardha. It was alleged that a Pay Order worth Rs.30,00,000/- issued by the Peoples Cooperative Bank Ltd., of which the present applicants are employees, in favour of Wardha Nagrik Sahakari Bank, was allowed to be encashed by the said Bank without sending the same for clearance to the Peoples Cooperative Bank Ltd. and the payment was made to somebody who posed himself/themselves as employee/s of Peoples Co-operative Bank Ltd., without following the prescribed procedure. 4. During the course of investigation, the said Pay Order of Rs.30,00,000/- as well as the voucher pertaining to the same, have been seized. It is further reported that two accused persons namely: Dipak 2009aba242.11.odt 2/2 Wankhede and Vijay Misal were arrested on 5/9/2011 and at their instance, an amount of Rs.27,29,431/- has been already recovered. 5. In the circumstances above, presence of the present applicants will not be required in police custody and even otherwise no prima facie evidence could be collected as against the present applicants. The applicants are, therefore, entitled for anticipatory bail. 6. Hence, the application is allowed. 7. In the event of arrest of the applicants in Crime No. 276 of 2011 registered at Police Station, Wardha under Sections 420 and 468 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, they shall be released on bail on execution of personal recognition bond in the sum of Rs.30,000/- (rupees thirty thousand only) with one solvent surety, each in the like amount under the following conditions :- (a) The applicants shall attend Wardha Police Station as and when called upon by the Investigating Officer, to do so. (b) The applicants shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the accusation against him so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any Police Officer. (c) The applicants shall not leave India without previous permission of the learned Court having jurisdiction over the matter. 8. Application stands disposed of accordingly. 9. Hamdast allowed. JUDGE wwl wwl