1crn3616-09 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MUMBAI CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.3616 OF 2009 Ananda Tukaram Malgundhe. .. Applicant. Vs. The State of Maharashtra .. Respondent. .... Mr.Umesh R. Mankapure, Advocate for the applicant. Mrs.A.S. Pai, A.P.P. for the State. .... CORAM : A.R.JOSHI, J. DATED : 21ST JUNE, 2010 P.C. 1. Heard rival submissions for some time on this application for regular bail, in which the applicant, allegedly the main brain in the offence of cheating, is facing the charges punishable under Section 420 of IPC read with certain allied sections. 2. Apparently, present applicant is Founder Chairman of Jeevan Shanti Vividh Udyog Samuh, Sangaon (Warana), District - Kolhapur and he in association with the other 1crn3616-09 2 accused floated a scheme of giving job to the needy poor women of assembling certain toys like dolls. On an average, an amount of Rs.4,125/- was obtained from such individual needy women. It is brought to the notice of this Court that out of various such needy women and from various branches of the present establishment, a total amount of about Rs.5 crores has been gathered by the applicant being the Founder Chairman of said Sanstha. 3. The applicant came to be arrested in March, 2009 for the offence of cheating and on the complaint lodged by original complainant on the allegation that he along with various i.e. 65 other people have paid various amounts totally valued at Rs.17 lakhs and odd. 4. Reportedly, there are various other criminal cases pending against the applicant and in most of those cases, he has been released on bail. However, in the present matter and also in another matter he has been denied bail by the Sessions Court. 1crn3616-09 3 5. It is submitted by the learned APP that the investigation is over and the matter is fixed for framing of the charge. In that event, considering the magnitude of the amount which has been defalcated in this matter and also cumulatively in other matters, it would not be in the fitness of the situation to release the present applicant on bail during pendency of the trial. Hence, the present application is disposed of with following order : :: O R D E R :: [i] Criminal Application No.3616 of 2009 stands rejected. (A.R.JOSHI,J.)