1 abs FARAD CONTINUATION IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 352 OF 2010 Shreeniwas Ravikumar Baurao Nimgadda .. Applicant V/s The State of Maharashtra .. Respondent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Court's or Judge's Orders Coram, appearances, Court's Orders or directions and Registrar's Orders Mr. Girish Kulkarni with Mr. M.G. Shukla for the applicant. Mrs. A.A. Mane, A.P.P. for the State. CORAM : D.G. KARNIK, J. DATE : 17TH FEBRUARY 2010 P.C. : 1. By this application, the applicant seeks bail in connection with C.R. No. 354 of 2009 registered at Worli Police Station, Mumbai, for an alleged offence punishable under sections 420, 465, 467, 468, 471, 511 read with 34 of the I.P.C. 2 2. The prosecution case is that the applicant prepared a forged power of attorney of Shadilal Chopra and his wife authorising him to borrow some money on the basis of a fixed deposit of Rs.50 lakhs kept by Shadilal and his wife in the Yes Bank. The applicant then approached one Rajiv Prabhudas Samani for a loan and gave him the fixed deposit receipts as well as the forged power of attorney, who was to facilitate obtaining of the loan. Rajiv Samani went to the Yes Bank for verifying the document where it was discovered that the power of attorney was forged. 3. The applicant has been arrested. After investigation, the charge-sheet has been filed. The applicant is in judicial custody. 4. Learned A.P.P. submitted that Mahendra Singh, who is alleged to have taken part in preparation of the forged documents, is 3 absconding and therefore bail should be rejected. Learned A.P.P. was however unable to point out how keeping the applicant in judicial custody would help in tracing Mahendra Singh who is absconding. In fact, if Mahendra Singh is absconding, that may further delay the trial of the applicant. There is no allegation that the applicant is likely to threaten any of the prosecution witnesses or is likely to abscond. In the circumstances, the applicant can be granted bail. Hence, I pass the following order: ORDER The applicant be released on bail on his furnishing a personal bond of Rs.50,000/- with one or more sureties for the aggregate amount of Rs.50,000/- subject to the following conditions: (i) The applicant shall within 48 hours of his release furnish in writing to the concerned police his present residential address, 4 residential and business telephone number and mobile number and shall inform in writing to the police any change in the residential address and/or telephone numbers within 48 hours of such change. (ii) The applicant shall report his presence to the concerned police station once in a quarter, i.e. in the months of March, June, September and December, till the conclusion of the trial. (iii) Breach of any of the conditions would result in cancellation of bail. (D.G. KARNIK, J.)