1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 5136 OF 2009 Rajendra Pandurang Adlinge .... Applicant. V/s The State of Maharashtra .... Respondent. Mr. Anant Vadgaonkar for the applicant. Mrs. P.P. Shinde, APP for the State. CORAM: V. M. KANADE, J. DATE : 17TH DECEMBER, 2009 P.C.:- 1. Heard the learned Counsel for the applicant and the learned APP appearing on behalf of the State. 2. Applicant has been arrested in connection with the offence punishable under sections 406, 408, 409, 420 read with section 34 of the Indian Penal Code which is registered with Mohol Police Station, Solapur vide C.R. No.507 of 2008. 3. It is submitted that the applicant was working as a Manager of Branch of Credit Society known as Priyadarshani Nagari Sahakari Patsanstha Ltd., Mohol. A complaint was filed against the Chairman and the Directors of the Credit Society that they had disbursed loans to various persons without following the procedure which is prescribed by the Act and Rules. 2 4. Counsel for the applicant submitted that the Chairman and Directors who have the authority to grant loan have been released on bail. He also submitted that three Managers of other Branches also have been released on bail by this Court by order dated 8th December, 2009 passed in Criminal Application No.4353 of 2009. He seeks bail on the ground of parity. 5. I have perused the order dated 8th December, 2009. The role attributed to the present applicant is similar to the role attributed to the applicants in the said application. Applicant, therefore, is also entitled to be released on bail on the ground of parity. Charge-sheet has been filed and the documents have been seized by the Investigating Officer. Under these circumstances, therefore, applicant deserves to be released on bail. 6. Applicant be released on bail in C.R. No. 507 of 2008 registered with Mohol Police Station, Solapur in the sum of Rs 5000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. He shall report to the concerned Police Station once in a month. 7. Application is disposed of. (V.M. KANADE, J.)