IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1176 OF 2009 Pawankumar S. Jain ...Applicant Vs. The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent --- Shri Munendra Agwekar i/b. N.R. Bubna for Applicant Mrs. M.H. Mhatre, APP for State ---- CORAM: V.M. KANADE J. DATED 26TH MARCH, 2009 P.C. 1. This is an application for anticipatory bail. 2. A complaint is filed in which it is alleged that the amount which was due and payable to the Complainant is not paid. A complaint is filed almost after lapse of three years. 3. The learned Counsel for the Applicant submitted that pursuant to an order being placed by one Pankaj Kumar Mundot proprietor of Mahavir Trading Co., he had purchased grey cloth worth Rs.16,14,601/- from the said proprietor. A notice was sent alleging that only part of the said amount was paid. 4. It is the case of the Applicant that the said amount was paid in the year 2005 itself and the receipt to that effect has been issued by the brother of the Respondent No.2. 5. The learned Counsel for the Applicant submits that the name of his brother is also mentioned in the said complaint, he has been granted anticipatory bail by this Court by order dated 3rd February, 2009 in Criminal Application No.316 of 2009. 6. In my view, dispute appears to be a civil nature and present complaint has been filed as a arm twisting tactic to knock out money from the Applicant in respect of time barred debt. The Applicant is, therefore, entitled to be released on bail in the event of his arrest. 7. The Applicant, in the event of his arrest for the offence punishable under sections 406, 409, 415, 420, 324, 325, 506, 114, 120(b) and 34 of the Indian Penal Code vide C.R. No. 8 of 2008 registered at Ayeshanagar Police Station, be released on bail in a sum of Rs.5,000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. The Applicant shall report to the concerned police station, as and when called. 8. Application is, accordingly, disposed of. V.M. KANADE J.