IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA CRIMINAL APPLICATION ( BAIL ) NO. 35 OF 2010 MR. RAJENDRA BILLIYE ... Applicant Versus STATE THROUGH PUBLIC PROSECUTOR AND ANR., ... Respondents Mr. P. K. Gude, Advocate for the Applicant. Ms. Winnie Coutinho, Public Prosecutor for the Respondents. Coram:- R. M. SAVANT, J. Date:- 8th February, 2010 P.C. This is an application for anticipatory bail filed by the Applicant apprehending his arrest in Crime no. 408/09, registered under Sections 463, 468 and 471 of the I.P.C. 2. The allegations against the Applicant are that he has used a bogus and forged registration certificate of the vehicle purported to be bearing no. GA-05/A-4822 in the said certificate the signature and the stamp of the Assistant Director of Licensing and Registration Authority, Ponda, have also been forged. It is on the basis of the said Certificate that the Applicant has obtained a loan of about Rs.3,25,000/- from the State Bank of Mysore for financing the vehicle. After the said Crime came to be registered, the Investigating Authorities have found that the said registration no.GA-05/A-4822 is, in fact, that of a two wheeler motorcycle and not of Light Motor Vehicle registered in the name of Tabrej Patwekar, son of Ahmed H. Patwekar as mentioned in the registration certificate produced by the Applicant. It is alleged that on noticing a newspaper item on 18.07.2009 in which it was stated that one Vijay Kumar Phadke was arrested on a complaint lodged by a Nationalised Bank in connection with bogus title of a vehicle, that the Bank concerned, in fact, got suspicious and inquired with the Asst. Director of Transport, Ponda, in respect of the vehicle purportedly registered under the said registration number. It is on such investigation the fact that the said registration number is that of a two wheeler vehicle and not of a LMV, came to light. It appears that there are other cases registered against the guarantor Phadke in respect of similar offences. The guarantor, according to the learned Counsel appearing for the Applicant, has been released on bail in the other case by the Sessions Court. 3. However, in the instant case, the custody of the Applicant would be required for a proper investigation into the said case. The offence is serious inasmuch as the allegation is that the registration certificate is bogus wherein the seal is bogus and the signature of the Asst. Director of Transport, Ponda is forged. The conduct of the Applicant is also required to be noted inasmuch as the Applicant has not been available and in fact the present application for anticipatory bail is also filed by his next friend, as also the affidavit in rejoinder. The Applicant is a Government Servant working with the Animal Husbandry Department of the Government of Goa. The aforesaid conduct is, therefore, not befitting a Government Servant. 4. No case for grant of anticipatory bail is made out, the application is accordingly rejected. R. M. SAVANT, J. arp/*