1 Anand IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.957 OF 2011 Ravindra Yashwant Autade .Applicant V/s. The State of Maharashtra .Respondent WITH ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO.951 OF 2011 1. Subhash Bandulal Shah .Applicants 2. Prakash Bandulal Shah 3. Nivrutti Bapu Chavan 4. Chandrakant Yashwant Mane 5. Hanmant Shankar Nikam 6. Sudam Ekanth Salunkhe 7. Hanmant Dattu Kumbhar 8. Vitthal Krishna Mharugade 9. Vijay Hindurao Patil 10. Suryakant Shankar Dalvi V/s. The State of Maharashtra .Respondent WITH CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.958 OF 2011 Vijay Hirachand Shah .Applicant V/s. The State of Maharashtra .Respondent WITH ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO.972 OF 2011 Nandkumar Narayan Vanjari .Applicant V/s. The State of Maharashtra .Respondent 2 Mr.T.S.Ingale i/b. Mr.Nagesh Chavan, Advocate, for the Applicant in Cri.Appln.No.957 of 2011 Mr.Rajiv Patil i/b. Mr.P.M.Arjunwadkar, Advocate for the Applicants in ABA No.951 of 2011 Mr.Niken Pradhan i/b. Ms Ameeta Kuttikrishnan, Advocate, for the Applicant in Cri.Appln.No.958 of 2011 Mr.H.E.Palwe, Advocate, for the Applicant In ABA No.972 of 2011 Mr.K.V.Saste, APP, for the Respondent  State in Cri.Appln.No.957 of 2011 & ABA No.951 of 2011 Ms. R.M.Gadhavi, APP, for the Respondent  State in Cri.Appln.No.958 of 2011 Smt.V.R.Bhosale APP, for the Respondent  State in ABA No.972 of 2011 CORAM : R.C.CHAVAN, J. DATE : 28TH NOVEMBER, 2011 P.C. . Heard the learned counsel for the respective parties. 2. These are the applications for anticipatory bail by the persons, who apprehend arrest in connection with C.R.No.56 of 2011 for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 468, 471 of the Indian Penal Code read with Sections 3 & 7 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 registered with Kasegaon Police Station, Walwa, 3 District Sangli and who have allegedly diverted Kerosene means for distribution in public distribution system elsewhere. The learned counsel for the applicants state that applicants' license have already been cancelled. Penalties have been slapped on them which orders they have questioned by appearing before the appropriate authority where stay for recovery of penalty has been granted. The learned APPs have a very strong objection to the applicants being bailed out, since they state that registers and documents in respect of distribution of Kerosene have to be seized from the applicants. They also state that the amount misappropriated has to be recovered. They state that it is difficult to find out as to whom the applicants had sold Kerosene in black market and to arrest such persons. The learned counsel for the applicants state that in similar matters this Court had already admitted several Kerosene dealers to anticipatory bail by various orders 4 passed on time to time. Considering the nature of allegations made, it is not clear as to why the applicants need to be in custody for recovery of record from their shops. In fact, this record could have been seized, since this FIR has been registered on 4th November, 2011 in respect of notices which have been issued in 2009. The licenses have been suspended in 2011. Therefore, there is no need to subject the applicants to custodial interrogation. In view of this, in the event of arrest, applicants be released on bail on their furnishing P.R.Bond of Rs.1,00,000/- each with one or more solvent sureties in the aggregate sum of Rs.1,00,000/- on the following conditions. (i) The applicants shall report at the Kasegaon Police Station, Walwa, District Sangli on 1st December, 2011 at 11.00 a.m. and thereafter, as and when required by the investigating officer. (ii) The applicants shall make themselves available for interrogation by a police officer as and when required. (iii) The applicants shall not, directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or 5 promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade them from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer. (iv) The applicants shall not leave India without the previous permission of the Court. . The order will remain in force till the trial is over with the only stipulation that if charge sheeted the applicant may furnish fresh bonds before the trial Court in view of the Judgment of the Supreme Court in AIR 2011 (SC) 312(Siddharam Satlingappa Mhetre vs State of Maharashtra And Ors.). 3. Criminal Applications stand disposed of. The learned counsel for the applicants undertake to produce all the relevant documents and record before the investigating officer which may be in their custody. (R.C.CHAVAN, J.)