1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 821 OF 2009 Shri Virod Gajanan Patil .... Applicant. V/s State of Maharashtra ..... Respondent. ----- Mr. P. Naik for the applicant. Mr. S.R. Shinde, APP for the State. ----- CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. DATE : 18th February, 2009 P.C:- 1. Heard the learned Counsel for the applicant and the learned APP for the State. 2. Applicant apprehends arrest in connection with the offence punishable under sections 420, 465, 468, 471 of the Indian Penal Code which is registered at Saphale Police Station vide C.R. No.I- 72/2007. A complaint is filed by one Baburao Mahadu Dhinda before the learned Magistrate, alleging that his land was sold to the accused No.1 with the help of another person viz Ashok Ahire who was a Talathi in the said area and the mutation entry in respect of the entire land was transferred in the name of purchaser Arun Jadhav. 3. Applicant is a stamp vendor who had sold stamps to the purchasers. It is alleged that the applicant had identified the thumb 2 impression of the dead person. The learned Counsel for the applicant submitted that the sale deed was executed on 27/10/2000 and the statement of the person who had put his thumb impression, was recorded by Tahsildar on 3/10/2000. It is alleged that the said person died on 1/5/2002. It is, therefore, evident that the said person was very much alive when the applicant had identified him. There is no other allegation against the present applicant. Prima facie case is, therefore, made out by the applicant for anticipatory bail. He was not concerned in any manner with the said transaction and had merely sold stamp papers and had identified one of the witnesses. 4. Applicant, therefore, in the event of his arrest in connection with C.R. No.I-72/2007 registered at Saphale Police Station, Taluka Palghar, District Thane which is now transferred to Local Crime Branch, Thane shall be released on bail in the sum of Rs 5000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. Applicant shall cooperate with the police and report to the concerned Police Station as and when called. 5. Application is disposed of. (V.M. KANADE, J.)