:1: IN IN IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.2232 OF 2006 Mukesh V. Mali. ..Applicant. Vs. The State of Maharashtra and ors. ..Respondents. Mr. S.V.Marwadi i/by M.D.Mali and P.M. Purohit for the Applicant. Mr.S.S.Pednekar, APP. for the State. CORAM : R.S. MOHITE,J. DATED : 21/6/2006. P.C. P.C. P.C. 1. This is an application for grant of bail. The applicant is shown as an accused in C.R.No.15/2006 registered by DCB, CID, Unit No.1 for an offence punishable under Section 420, 465, 468, 471 read with 34 and 120B of the I.P.C. The applicant was working as a salesman in Bharati Automobiles and it is found that an application was made for grant of finance. The said application was submitted by Mr.Sanjay Jha supported by various documents. Based upon those documents finance was sanctioned and the car was registered. At the time of registration, bogus insurance papers are said to have been prepared by the present applicant. The original documents are also seized by the police. Subsequently it was found that Sanjay Jha was a non existent person. The car was found with one Sagir Khan and the same has :2: already been recovered immediately by the police. The document said to have been forged was sent to the Handwriting Expert. It admittedly does not bear the signature of the present applicant. The statement of the owner of Bharati Automobiles does not specifically talk about the forging of the documents. In the circumstances, I am inclined to grant bail to the applicant. . It is therefore, directed that pending trial in pursuance of C.R.No.15/2006 registered by DCB, CID, Unit No.1, the applicant may be released on bail in the sum of Rs.15,000/- with one surety in the like amount subject to the condition that he will report to the I.O. of DCB, CID, Unit No.1 twice in a month on every first and third Mondays till the disposal of the trial. 2. Application is disposed of. (R. S. MOHITE, J.)