MP 1 BA1630_11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1630 OF 2011 Mayur Dhirajlal Devani and another ... Applicants Versus The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent Mr. Chandan M. Gadekar, Advocate for Applicants. Mr. Y. S. Shinde, APP for the Respondent State. CORAM : J. H. BHATIA, J. DATE : 23RD NOVEMBER 2011 P. C. : The applicants, who were the original accused Nos.3 and 4 respectively, seek to be released on bail in crime No.14 of 2011 registered with Sahakar Nagar Police Station, Pune for the offences punishable under Sections 379, 467, 468 r/w. Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code. 2. Prosecution case, in brief, is that one Scorpio vehicle No.MP-09- SE-9999 belonging to the first informant Sikander Haji Akbar Patel was stolen away. It was revealed that accused Nos.1 and 2 had committed theft of the said vehicle and had taken the same to Gujarat, where its number plate was changed. Accused Nos.3 and 4 had forged documents with a new number and were preparing to sell the said vehicle. However, before it could be sold away to anybody else, the vehicle was seized by the police. Applicants are in custody since January, 2011. 3. Two applications, made by the applicants before the trial Court for grant of bail, have been rejected on the ground that the applicants appear to be involved in the business of theft of vehicles, changing its numbers and disposing of the same to the third parties. This appears to be supported by the MP 2 BA1630_11 Panchnama dated 24.01.2011, which shows that besides the vehicle involved in the present case, another Pajero jeep was also recovered from the present applicants. Original number of the said jeep was also changed. In view of these facts, it will not be in the interests of society at large to grant bail to the present applicants. 4. Therefore, the application stands rejected. 5. However, the trial Court shall expedite the trial and dispose of the case within six months. (J. H. BHATIA, J)