1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.788 OF 2010 Mr. Madhavrao M. Dhankawade. ..Applicant. Vs. The State of Maharashtra. ..Respondent. Mr. Vijay Killedar, Advocate for the Applicant. Mrs.A. A. Mane, APP for the State. CORAM : R.S. MOHITE, J. DATE : 17th March, 2010 PC : 1 This is an application for anticipatory bail. The applicant is shown as accused in C.R.No. 16 of 2010. lodged with Lashkar Police Station Pune. The complainant is a bank officer of Dena Bank who lodged the complaint alleging offences under Section 420, 467, 468, 471 read with 34 of the I.P.C. The case made out in the F.I.R. is that one Dr. Vaibhav Kashinath Dhavale was a purchaser 2 of the flat from the developers Dhankawade Adagale Associates. The purchaser Dr. Dhavale applied to the complainant bank i.e. Dena Bank for loan and a demand draft of Rs.8,30,000/- was handed over by the bank by D. D. No.337368 dated 30.8.2005. He handed over the same to the developers. The Investigating Officer has in his a document alleged to be signed by Adagale for Dhankawade Adagale Associates which indicates that the cheque was accepted by Adagale on behalf of the Dhankawade Adagale Associates. The investigation has also revealed that the cheque was not put into the account of Dhankawade Adagale Associates in whose name the bank draft was issued but was put into the another account of Mrs. Rajashree Anil Adagale bearing account No.178. On behalf of the present applicant, it is contended that at the relevant time business of the firm was look after by Mr. Adagale. It is further contended that the receipt is a forged document. It is not admitted by the applicant that the receipt was signed by 3 Adagale. These are matters which will have to be investigated and cannot be gone into at the stage of anticipatory bail. The facts reveal that an amount of Rs.8,30,000/- has been misappropriated. In the circumstances, this is not a fit case for grant of anticipatory bail. Hence, application is rejected. ( R.S. MOHITE, J.)