1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1333 OF 2010 Arjun S/o.Kashinath Pawar, Age-55 years, Occu-Govt.Service, R/o.Dhande-Galli, Beed, Tq. and Dist. Beed PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra RESPONDENT Smt.S.S.Jadhav, learned counsel for petitioner. Mr.B.V.Wagh, learned APP for respondent State (CORAM : A.V.POTDAR, J.) DATE : 30/04/2010 PER COURT : 1. By the present application, the applicant has approached this Court in connection with CR No.84/2009, registered in Beed City Police Station for the alleged offence punishable u/s. 406, 409 r/w. 34 of IPC, in which the applicant came to be arrested on 27/11/2009, and completion of investigation, charge sheet was filed on 13/02/2010 in the Court of C.J.M. Beed, and it is numbered as RCC No.175/2010. 2. It is not under dispute that, at the relevant time, the applicant 2 was working as a Godown Keeper at Beed and also holding as a charge of Godown Keeper at Pimpalner. The alleged mis- appropriation is about the food grains stored in the government godown during the period of July 2009 to August 2009. As the investigation is over, it is not necessary to discuss in details about what revealed during the investigation, suffice to say that the case of the prosecution is rests on the registers maintained as well as the bill books maintained in the government godown at Beed, as well as at Pimpalner. During the investigation, the entire registers and all relevant documents were seized from the godown itself. In the premise, there is very little scope about the oral evidence to be led and the case rests on the oral evidence of the witnesses. Considering the fact that as the investigation is over, and it will take considerable time for commencement of trial, it is not desirable that the applicant to be detained in custody for uncertain period. In view of this, further detention of applicant in the custody is not required. Case is made out to enlarge the applicant on bail on certain conditions. Hence order : 1. The application is hereby allowed. 2. The applicant be released on bail on furnishing solvent surety in the sum of Rs.20,000/- and on executing the PR bond in the like amount. 3. The applicant, after his release on bail, not to leave the local jurisdiction of Beed City Police Station, during the pendancy of trial, without previous permission in writing from the concerned Investigation Officer, or the concerned C.J.M. 3 4. Applicant not to contact with the prosecution witnesses or tamper the prosecution evidence. 5. Application stands disposed of in terms of above order. (A.V.POTDAR, J.) khs/APRIL 2010/cri.appl.1333-10