1 abs FARAD CONTINUATION IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 844 OF 2010 Manaji Dnyandev Mane .. Applicant V/s The State of Maharashtra .. Respondent WITH CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 845 OF 2010 Ashok Baliram Gavali .. Applicant V/s The State of Maharashtra .. Respondent WITH CRIMINAL APPLICTION NO. 846 OF 2010 Prakash Motichand Kasture .. Applicant V/s The State of Maharashtra .. Respondent ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Court's or Judge's Orders Coram, appearances, Court's Orders or directions and Registrar's Orders Mr. V.V. Purwant for the applicant. Mr. K.V. Saste, Mr. J.P. Kharge and Mr. Y.S. Shinde, A.P.P. for the State. CORAM : D.G. KARNIK, J. DATE : 3RD MARCH 2010 2 P.C. : 1. Heard. 2. By these applications, the applicants seek bail in connection with C.R. No. 507 of 2008 registered at Mohol Police Station, District Solapur, for an alleged offence punishable under sections 406, 408, 409, 420 read with 34 of the I.P.C. 3. The applicants were members of the managing committee/directors of Priyadarshini Nagri Sahakari Patsanstha Ltd. (for short “the Society”). In an audit of the Society, several irregularities were discovered regarding grant of loans and other affairs of management of the Society. All the persons who were directors of the Society during the period between 1991 and 2007 are charged with the offence. 4. Investigation has been completed and the charge­sheet has been filed. Custody of the applicants is no longer required for the purpose 3 of further investigation. Most of the other directors have been granted bail either by the Court of Sessions or by this Court. Hence, the applicants are also entitled to bail on the ground of parity. Hence, I pass the following order: ORDER All the applications are allowed. The applicants be released on bail on each of them executing personal bond of Rs.10,000/­ with two sureties of the like amount. (D.G. KARNIK, J.)