1 1 1 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 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.3990 OF 2008 Sunil Raghunath Shetty .. Applicant. Vs. State of Maharashtra .. Respondent. Ms.Anjali Patil for the applicant. Mr.K.V.Saste A.P.P. for the State. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. DATED : 16TH DECEMBER, 2008. DATED : 16TH DECEMBER, 2008. DATED : 16TH DECEMBER, 2008. P.C.: . Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The applicant is seeking bail in C.R.No.301 of 2004 of Nagpada police station, Mumbai. The said crime has been registered against the applicant and five others for having allegedly committed an offence punishable under sections 465, 467, 471, 472, 420 r/w 34 of IPC. 3. It is the prosecution case that the present applicant had obtained a loan of Rs.7,20,000/- from the State Bank of India, Mumbai Central Branch, Mumbai by producing forged documents. In connection with this offence the applicant came to be arrested on 5th February, 2005 and since then he is behind bars. The trial has yet not begun. On the last date of hearing the applicant was asked to give names of two sureties to the learned A.P.P. who were prepared to take his responsibility. Accordingly, he gave names of Arun 2 2 2 Narayan Malani and A.P.Shashi Nayak. The learned A.P.P. was directed to verify as to whether the sureties are genuine. Mr.Saste, learned A.P.P., on instructions, submits that the sureties are genuine and they are ready to take responsibility of the applicant. Ms.Anjali Patil, learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant on his release will stay with A.P.Shashi Nayak. Keeping this in view and considering that the applicant is in custody since 5th February, 2005 I am inclined to enlarge him on bail. Hence the following order: . The applicant to be released on bail in the sum of Rs.25,000/- with one or two sureties of the like amount subject to condition that the applicant shall report to the concerned police station on every Wednesday and Saturday between 7 and 8 pm for a period of three months and thereafter on every Saturday between 7 and 8 pm till conclusion of the trial. The aforementioned sureties may be accepted subject to compliance of all the formalities and procedure, if any. With these observations the application is disposed of. . 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 without being influenced by the observations made in this order. 3 3 3 (D.B.Bhosale, J.) (D.B.Bhosale, J.) (D.B.Bhosale, J.)