1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 5343 OF 2009 Jaish Ahmed Altaf Ahmed Shaikh ....Applicant Vs. The State of Maharashtra ....Respondent ----- Mr.P.A. Sebastian i/b. Mr. Syed Jalaluddin for Applicant Mrs. P.P. Shinde - APP for State. ------ CORAM: V.M. KANADE J. DATED: 17TH DECEMBER, 2009 P.C. 1. Heard the learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the Applicant and the learned APP for the State. 2. The Applicant has been arrested in connection with an offence punishable under sections 464, 465, 467, 468, 471, 472, 475, 477-A, 482, 483, 484,485, 488, 420, 34 of the Indian Penal Code registered vide C.R. No.I-109 of 2009 with Shil Daighar Police Station, Taluka and District Thane. 2 3. The Applicant was arrested on 6th August, 2009 for the said offence. He is working with Accused No.1 who is the proprietor of a proprietory firm known as Sana Agency. The Applicant is working as a labourer in the said firm and his job is of loading and unloading the goods which are brought in and sent out. It is submitted that the Applicant has in no way participated in the conduct of the business run by Sana Agency. It is alleged that the said agency forged octroi receipts, seals and stamps of Thana Municipal Corporation and submitted the receipts to the PEPSICO Company as if they had been issued by the Thane Municipal Corporation and collected from PEPSICO an amount to the tune of Rs.18,85,468/-. Charge sheet is filed. There is no recovery of these stamps at the instance of the present Appicant. Taking into consideration the role of the Applicant, in my view, he deserves to be released on bail, particularly because, he is working as a labourer in the said firm and he is in no way concerned in the conduct of the business run by the said Sana Agency. The Applicant has a fixed place of residence and, therefore, he is not likely to abscond. 4. The Applicant be released on bail in C.R. No. C.R. No.I-109 of 2009 registered with Shil Daighar Police Station, Taluka and District Thane in a sum of 3 Rs.5,000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. He shall report to the concerned police station once in a month. 5. Application is disposed of. (V.M. KANADE J.)