ABA-353-11.sxw 1 Dixit IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO.353 OF 2011 Saradabai Gajanan Govindi ... Applicant V/s. State of Maharashtra, Thru’ Sadar Bazar Police Station, Solapur ... Respondent Mr. Balwant Patole for the Applicant. Mrs. G.P. Mulekar, APP, for the Respondent. CORAM:- A.M. THIPSAY, J. DATED :- 27 TH JUNE, 2011. P.C. : 1. Heard. 2. The Applicant is sought to be arrested in C.R. No.52 of 2011 registered at Sadar Bazar Police Station, Dist. Solapur, which is in respect of offences punishable under Sections 468 IPC, 471 IPC and 420 IPC of the IPC. The allegation against her is that she has obtained a false caste certificate by furnishing false information and by filing false documents. In particular, it is alleged that she submitted a School Leaving Certificate in which her caste was mentioned as “Gurav” and that, that School Leaving Certificate is found to be a false document. The period during which the Applicant allegedly was in the School, as has been mentioned in the said Certificate, is from 1960 to 1965. The investigation carried out so far has revealed that the School in question was not in existence at all at that time and that the said School was established in the year 1988. ABA-353-11.sxw 2 Dixit 3. Mr. Patole, the learned Advocate for the Applicant, has drawn my attention to the provisions of Section 11 of the Maharashtra Act No.23 of 2001. He submitted that the offence, that has been allegedly committed by the Applicant, falls within that Section and, in view of sub-section 2 thereof, the Court would not be able to take cognizance of the said offence, except upon a complaint in writing made by the Scrutiny Committee or by the officer duly authorized by the Scrutiny Committee for that purpose. 4. Considering all the relevant aspects of the matter, including that the Applicant is a woman and that her detention is not essential from the point of view of the investigation, I am inclined to allow the Anticipatory Bail Application. 5. In the event of her arrest in C.R. No.52 of 2011 of Sadar Bazar Police Station, Dist. Solapur, the Applicant be released on bail in the sum of Rs.25,000/-, with one surety in like amount, on the condition to attend the Police Station everyday, between 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. for a period of one week from 29th June, 2011 and, thereafter, as and when reasonably required by the Investigating Officer. [A.M. THIPSAY, J.]