*1* IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.4305/2009 Rajendra Janardhan Chavan. ..Applicant -VERSUS- The State of Maharashtra. ..Respondent ............... Mr.Pradeep Gole, Advocate for the Applicant. Ms.S.D.Shinde, A.P.P., for the Respondent/State. ............... CORAM: A.P.DESHPANDE, J. Dated 07th October, 2009. PC:- 1 The present application is filed by the husband seeking anticipatory bail as he is apprehending arrest in Crime No.553/2009 filed by the Applicant’s wife with Satara City Police Station for the offences punishable under Sections 465, 467, 468 and 471 of the Indian Penal Code. 2 According to the prosecution, the present Applicant is in employment of the Janata Sahakari Bank Ltd., Satara and is working as Junior Officer. Loan was obtained from the said Bank in the name of Complainant. The grievance of the Complainant is that her signatures are forged for obtaining the loan from the Bank. 3 According to the learned counsel for the Applicant, the entire loan amount has been repaid by way of monthly deductions from the salary of the present Applicant and the present First *2* Information Report has been lodged malafide on account of matrimonial dispute between the parties. 4 The certificate issued by the Bank dated 24.09.2009 has been placed on record which goes to show that the Complainant was granted loan of Rs.15,000/- on 11.03.2004 and Rs.50,000/- on 19.03.2005. The first loan (cash credit amount) of Rs.15,000/- came to be repaid by deduction from the loan of Rs.50,000/- and the loan of Rs.50,000/- has been repaid by monthly deductions from the salary of the present Applicant. The certificate issued by the Bank is taken on record and marked as “X” for identification. 5 It is, thus, obvious that on the date on which the First Information Report was filed, the loan amount was already repaid. It is, thus, prima facie appear that the First Information Report has been filed on account of ill-will and malice which is obviously outcome of the matrimonial dispute between the Applicant-husband and the Complainant-wife. 6 It would not be out of place to mention here that the Applicant has already been protected by an interim order dated 23.09.2009. 7 In that view of the matter, I proposes to allow this application and confirm the interim order. In the result, I pass the following order:- (a) In the event of arrest of the Applicant in Crime No. 553/2009 registered with Satara City Police Station for the offences punishable under Sections 465, 467, 468 and 471 of the Indian Penal Code; he shall be released on bail on executing a personal bond in a sum of Rs.10,000/- with one or two sureties in the like *3* amount. (b) The Applicant shall abide by the conditions stipulated under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. (c) The Application is allowed and disposed of accordingly. -sd- (A.P. Deshpande, J)