* 1 * Cri.Appln-3689/2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 3689 OF 2010 Baburao Chayappa Rampure .......Applicant V/S. The State of Maharashtra .........Respondent * * * * * * Mr. Jaydeep Mane, Advocate for the applicant. Mrs. P.P. Bhosale, Advocate for the respondent-State. Coram : Smt. R.P. SondurBaldota, J. 15 September, 2010. P.C. : 1. The applicant apprehends his arrest in C.R. No. 131 of 2010 registered with Faujdar Chavadi Police Station, Solapur for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 406 read with Section 34 Indian Penal Code. The other accused persons in the case are the Manager of the Vita Merchant Co-operative Bank, Solapur and * 2 * Cri.Appln-3689/2010 the Cashier at the Branch. 2. The land of the family of the complainant, one Khajalal had been acquired by the government for NTPC project and he was to receive a substantial compensation of Rs.60,00,000/- for the same. The applicant had assisted the complainant in the proceedings and had also allowed the complainant to stay in his house fr about two years. The applicant had helped the complainant, his wife and daughter in opening accounts with the Vita Merchant Co-operative Bank, Solapur. It appears that on 15th May 2010, a cheque in the sum of Rs.60,00,000/- was received from NTPC towards the compensation for the land. Alongwith the applicant, the complainant had gone to the bank and deposited the amount in his account. It is his allegation that at that time, the applicant got his thumb impression on a few blank forms/cheques and used the same to transfer a sum of Rs.12,00,000/- to his own account and a sum of Rs.8,00,000/- to the account of the complainant’s wife and daughter. Therefore, the complainant alleges that the applicant has cheated him of the amount. The applicant does not dispute that an amount of Rs.12,00,000/- has been transferred * 3 * Cri.Appln-3689/2010 from the account of the complainant to his own account. According to him, this was done pursuant to an arrangement arrived at between him and the complainant. The applicant claims to have been a guarantor in connection with a loan taken by the complainant. As the complainant had failed to repay the loan, the applicant was required to repay the same. The complainant is alleged to have promised that he would reimburse the amount to the applicant after receiving the compensation for acquisition of the land. 3. Considering the facts of the complaint, it is obvious that the custodial interrogation of the applicant is not required. The application is allowed. In the event of the arrest of the applicant in C.R. No. 131 of 2010 registered with Faujdar Chavadi Police Station, Solapur he be released on bail on furnishing P.R. Bond in the sum of Rs.30,000/- (Rs. Thirty Thousand only) with one surety in the like amount. The applicant is directed to attend to Faujdar Chavadi Police Station, Solapur on every Monday between 10.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon for a period of 6 weeks, commencing from the next week. * 4 * Cri.Appln-3689/2010 [SMT. R.P. SONDURBALDOTA, J]