1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1446 OF 2009 Mr. Parag Anand Joshi ...... Applicant. V/s The State of Maharashtra ....... Respondent. Mr. Shaunak Mehta for the applicant. Mr. D.P. Adsule, APP for the State. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. DATE : 26th March, 2009 P.C.: 1. Applicant is seeking transit/temporary bail in order to enable him to approach the appropriate court in the State of Gujarat in respect of the the complaint which is registered by one Mr. Sanjay Maniar at Paddhari Police Station, Dist. Rajkot Gujarat State. Applicant is a Vice President of the Company M/s HSM Foods International. It is alleged in the complaint that a laptop which was given to the present applicant is stolen by him and the complaint under section 379 of the Indian Penal Coder has been filed. 2. Looking at the nature of complaint and the allegations made against the present applicant, in my view, this is a fit case for grant of temporary protection to the applicant. Applicant, therefore, not to be arrested by the respondents in connection with the offence registered at Paddhari Police Station, Taluka Paddhari, Rajkot, Gujarat on the complaint 2 filed by Mr. Sanjay Maniar under section 379 of the Indian Penal Code for a period of four weeks from today. 3. Application is disposed of in the above terms. (V.M. KANADE, J.)