1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1052 OF 2009 Dattatraya Ganpat Chavan .... Applicant. V/s The State of Maharashtra .... Respondent. Mr. A.P. Mundargi, Senior Counsel i/b Mr. S.R. Nithare for the applicant. Mr. Rajesh More, APP for the State. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. DATE : 3rd April , 2009 P.C:- 1. Heard the learned Counsel for the applicant and the learned APP for the State. 2. This is an application for anticipatory bail. A surprise raid was conducted by Tahsildar and 14 trucks were seized in which sand which was illegally dredged from the site was also seized. Prosecution case is that the drivers of the trucks were carrying challans which were forged and the said challans carried the name of the present applicant. Applicant was given lawful contract pursuant to which he was carrying out dredging operation earlier. However, pursuant to the order passed by the High Court, the said contract was terminated and, thereafter, he had surrendered 2 his challans to the Tahsildar and the concerned authority. The learned APP was not in a position to produce any statement, indicating that the present applicant was named by those truck drivers or cleaners whose trucks were seized at the site. Though it is the case of the prosecution that the challans which were found with the truck drivers were forged and the name of the applicant was shown in the said challans, there is no material to connect the said challans with the present applicant. Merely because the challans carried the name of the present applicant, that by itself does not establish that these challans have been forged by the present applicant. Therefore, under these circumstances, prima facie case is made out for grant of anticipatory bail. 3. Applicant, in the event of his arrest in connection with C.R. No.11/2009 which is registered with Pandarpur Taluka Police Station, District Solapur for the offence punishable under sections 420, 467, 468, 470, 471 of the Indian Penal Code, be released on bail in the sum of Rs 5000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. Applicant shall initially report to the said Police Station from 07/04/2009 to 10/04/2009 between 11.00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m and, thereafter, as and when called. 4. Application is disposed of. (V.M. KANADE, J.)