1 1 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1108 OF 2009 Rajendra Narsingh Patange & Anr. .. Applicants. Vs. State of Maharashtra .. Respondent. Mr.Shirish Gupte, Senior Counsel i/b Mr.V.V.Purwant for the applicants. Mr.K.V.Saste A.P.P. for the State. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. DATED : 13TH APRIL, 2009. DATED : 13TH APRIL, 2009. DATED : 13TH APRIL, 2009. P.C.: . Heard learned counsel for the applicants and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The applicant is seeking anticipatory bail in C.R.No.27 of 2009 of Barshi police station, Solapur. The said crime has been registered against the applicants for having allegedly committed an offence punishable under sections 407, 408 of IPC. 3. The prosecution case is that when a Supply Inspector visited the shops of societies, he found 30 quintals wheat short and 29 quintals rice excess of which the societies could not give satisfactory explanation. Applicant No.1 is Chairman of Vinayak Co-operative Society whereas applicant no.2 is Chairman of Rajlaxmi Readymade Dress Processing Society Ltd. Both the societies have one shop each and in both the shops some amount of less quantity of 2 2 2 wheat was detected. The shops are being run by the managers and the managers of both the societies have been arrested in connection with this offence. Having considered overall facts and circumstances of the case I am satisfied that custodial interrogation of the applicants would not be necessary and it would be sufficient to direct them to report to the concerned police station and co-operate with the investigation. Hence the following order: . In the event of arrest, the applicants be released on bail in the sum of Rs.25,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount subject to conditions stipulated in sub-section (2) of section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The applicants are, however, directed to report to the concerned police station on every alternate day till 30th April, 2009 between 10 am and 12 noon and thereafter on every Saturday between 10 am and 11 am till filing of the charge-sheet or for a period of 90 days from the date of their formal arrest. The application is disposed of. . While passing this order I shall not be understood to have expressed any opinion on merits of the case and the trial Court shall deal with the case uninfluenced by the observations made in this order. 3 3 3 (D.B.Bhosale, J.) (D.B.Bhosale, J.) (D.B.Bhosale, J.)