1 mpt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 542 of 2010 Jitendra Nagendra Pandey ... Applicant versus The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent ... Mr.A.K. Singh i/b M/s.Lex Remedeum for the applicant. Mr. Y.S. Shinde APP for the State. CORAM : D.G. KARNIK, J. DATED : 24th February 2010 P.C. 1. Heard. 2. By this application, applicant seeks bail in connection with C.R. No.466 of 2009 registered at Khar Police Station Mumbai on 2nd November 2009 for an offence punishable u/s.380, 465, 467, 468, 471 and 420 of the IPC. Applicant is accused no.2 in the trial. 3. The prosecution case is that accused no.1 had committed a theft of a cheque, forged it and thereafter deposited it in the bank account of the applicant accused no.2. The charge-sheet does not mention a charge u/s.34 of the IPC. 2 4. Investigation is complete and charge-sheet has been filed. Hence, presence of the applicant is not required for the purpose of interrogation/investigation. Applicant is a permanent resident of Mumbai and has purchased under a registered agreement of sale a flat at Nallasopara, Mumbai. Photocopy of the agreement is filed at page no. 11 of the application. The prosecution does not express any apprehension of the applicant being not available for trial in the event he is released on bail. Similarly, there is no allegation that the applicant is likely to misuse the bail and/or threaten any of the prosecution witnesses. In the circumstances, applicant can be granted bail. Hence, I pass the following order:- O R D E R Applicant be released on bail on his executing a P.R bond of Rs. 20,000/- with two sureties of the like amount subject to a condition that the applicant shall not threaten any of the prosecution witnesses and shall within 48 hours of his release inform to the police his present residential address, residential telephone number and mobile telephone number and intimate any change thereof within 48 hours of the change. Any breach of the conditions would result in cancellation of the bail. (D.G. KARNIK,J.)