IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA CRIMINAL APPLICATION ( BAIL ) NO. 376 OF 2009 MR. TIWAN D'SOUZA ... Applicant Versus STATE THROUGH P.P. AND ANR ... Respondent Mr. Arun Bras De Sa, Advocate for the Applicant. Ms. Winnie Coutinho, Public Prosecutor for the Respondents. Coram:- R. M. SAVANT, J. Date:- 7th January, 2010 P.C. This is an application for anticipatory bail filed by the Applicant abovenamed. The Applicant is apprehending arrest in Crime No. 386/2009 registered by the Margao Town Police under Sections 408, 465, 468, 471, 419, 420 read with 34 of I.P.C. The Applicant is alleged to have worked as a repo agent for the Complainant, Mahindra and Mahindra Financial Services Ltd. 2. It is alleged that the Applicant and seven other accused were the employees of the said Company and they were in the custody of the documents relating to the customers and on account of financial irregularities and illegal acts, the Applicant and others were either removed from service or they had resigned one after the other. It is further alleged that the accused have collected the amount from the persons who had taken loan from the Mahindra and Mahindra Financial Services Ltd., for the purchase of vehicles and have issued forged receipts and have misappropriated the money collected from them. It is the prosecution case that since the investigation is at preliminary stage the custodial interrogation of the Applicant herein is necessary. The record does not indicate that the Applicant herein was an employee of the Complainant i.e. Mahindra and Mahindra Financial Services Ltd. and in fact the Applicant is alleged to have worked as a repo agent who is like a laison officer, no specific overt act has been attributed to him in respect of the alleged offences. The Applicant is ready to co-operate with the investigation. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, in my view, the Applicant would be entitled to the grant of anticipatory bail on the following terms and conditions :- (i) In the event of the arrest of the Applicant, the Applicant to be released on bail, on the Applicant furnishing a personal bond of Rs. 10,000/- as well as security in the like amount. (ii) The Applicant to remain present before the Investigation Officer, Margao Town Police Station between 10.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon for a period of one week from day after tomorrow i.e. 09.01.2010 and thereafter as and when called. (iii) All the other conditions which are mentioned in Section 438(2) would be applicable. 3. The application is accordingly disposed of. 4. The parties to act on a copy of this Order duly authenticated by the Court Sheristedar. R. M. SAVANT, J. at*