1 abs FARAD CONTINUATION IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 802 OF 2010 Amey Chandrakant Pednekar .. 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. A.S. Khandeparkar i/b Mr. V.D. Surve and Mr. R.R. Naik for the applicant. Mr. S.A. Shaikh, A.P.P. for the State. CORAM : D.G. KARNIK, J. DATE : 3RD MARCH 2010 P.C. : 1. Heard. 2. By this application, the applicant seeks bail in connection with C.R. No. 466 of 2009 registered at Khar Police Station, Mumbai for an alleged offence punishable under sections 380, 465, 467, 468, 471 and 420 of the I.P.C. 2 3. The prosecution case is that a cheque leaf out of a cheque book of M/s Accord Advertising Co. was stolen, forged and encashed by the applicant by depositing it in the account of accused no.2. The accused no.2 was arrested and has since been granted bail. The theft of the cheque leaf is alleged to have taken place when the cheque book was in custody of the senior accountant Mr. Abhijit Roy. Statement of Mr. Abhijit Roy has not been recorded. Only on the basis of a statement made by the co- accused, viz. accused no.2, it is alleged that the present applicant has committed the theft of the cheque leaf. 4. Considering the fact that the statement of the person, in whose custody the cheque book was has not been recorded and also considering the fact that the co-accused on whose statement the applicant has been arrested, has already been granted bail and also considering the fact that the investigation is complete and the 3 custody of the applicant is not required for the investigation, in my view, the applicant can be granted bail. Hence, I pass the following order: ORDER The applicant be released on bail on his executing a personal bond of Rs.15,000/- with one surety of the like amount subject to a condition that the applicant shall report his presence to the concerned police station once a month in the 1st week of every British calendar month till the conclusion of the trial. (D.G. KARNIK, J.)