1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.2628/2009. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office notes, office Memoranda of Coram,appearances, Court’s orders Court’s or Judge’s orders. or directions and Registrar’s orders ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr.RR Suryawanshi, Advocate for applicant; Mr.KM Suryawanshi, APP for State. ___ CORAM : K.U.CHANDIWAL, J. DATE : 21 st August,2009. 1. Heard learned Counsel for the accused. 2. The applicant/accused, an Area Inspector in the Cooperative Bank, seeks pre- arrest bail. 3. Based on various grievances, Auditor was appointed for carrying out audit of the Accounts at Talani branch of the Bank and during the course of the audit, it was revealed that for the period from 2005 to 2008, the beneficiaries, like agriculturists and the citizens, who were to receive grants from the Government on account of natural calamities and other upliftment programmes, could not receive such benefits, and the amounts have been articulately siphoned off to the tune of Rs.31,58,000/- and odd. The audits were independently verified and committed by 2 private agency to the Chartered Accountant. He too also reached to the conclusion of defalcation and depriving the eligible and fit persons of getting the benefits. Though the Branch Manager - Pralhad Lahane has accepted his liability to the tune of Rs.13,76,298/-, having not paid to the beneficiaries, that by itself will not prima facie exonerate the applicant/accused herein. The recovery of several vouchers as to its hand-writing, the statements of the witnesses at this stage indict the applicant/accused. The entire plot can only be unearthed by custodial interrogation. 4. Consequently, the application is dismissed. ( K.U.CHANDIWAL ) JUDGE bdv/cran2628.09