* 1 * ABA.448.2011 2.8.2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 448 OF 2011 Manju Bharat Doshi ..... Applicant V/S. The State of Maharashtra thru Ram Nagar Police Station, Dombivali, Thane ..... Respondent * * * * * Mr. J.M. Khajotia, Advocate for the applicant. Mrs. A.A. Mane, APP for the respondent-State. CORAM :- Smt. R.P. SondurBaldota, J. 2nd August, 2011. P.C. :- 1. The applicant is a Distributor of Tata Tele Services Maharashtra Limited. She has appointed two retailers. Tata Tele Services Maharashtra Limited provides SIM Cards, Hand Sets, Telephones etc to the Distributors for providing the same to its customers. The distributors are supposed to sell the SIM Cards to the customers after taking certain documents from them such as photograph, evidence of residential address, * 2 * ABA.448.2011 2.8.2011 identity card etc. These documents collected are then forwarded to the company after verification of which the SIM Card sold is activated. It is alleged that the applicant herein has forwarded false and fabricated documents to the Company. Mr. Khojatia, learned counsel for the applicant submits that it is nobody’s case that it is the applicant who has forged or fabricated the documents and that the company has infact engaged the services of Tata Tele Services Maharashtra Limited for the purpose of verifying the documents submitted by the customers. The police investigation shows that it is not just the documents that are produced which are false or fabricated but the persons to whom the SIM Cards have been issued are fictitious persons. Issuance of SIM Cards in the names of fictitious persons is not a trivial matter. It can lead to serious consequences by way of misuse of such SIM Cards. Mr. Khajotia, then submits that the applicant has already been attending the police station pursuant to the conditions imposed for grant of anticipatory bail. But, the learned APP on instructions from the Investigation Officer, who is * 3 * ABA.448.2011 2.8.2011 present in the Court, informs that though the applicant has been attending the police station, she has not even revealed the names of her retailers. This is a case of total non-cooperation with the investigation. In that circumstance, the application is rejected. [SMT. R.P. SONDURBALDOTA, J]