1 BA-1623-11.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Mhi CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION NO. 1623 OF 2011 IN C.R. NO. 108 OF 2011 IN SESSIONS CSE NO. 181 OF 2011 Nitin Shankar Khedkar ... Applicant vs. The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent Mr.Girish Kulkarni, i/b. Mr. M.G.Shukla,Advocate, for the applicant. Mr.Y.M.Nakhawa, APP for the respondent - State. CORAM: J.H.BHATIA,J. DATE : 14th December, 2011. P.C. 1. The applicant seeks to be released on bail in Crime No.108 of 2011 registered with Karad City Police Station under Sections 489A, 489B and 489C read with Section 34 of IPC. 2. According to prosecution, on 8.5.2011, on getting certain information, local Crime Branch took search of accused Dnyaneshwar Kharutkar and Prakash Navaland and found fake currency notes of Rs.8,43,000/- in the denomination of Rs.500 & Rs.1000 from Dnyaneshwar and on that basis the offence was registered. Later on, the present applicant was also arrested, n the 2 BA-1623-11.sxw basis of the statement of one Goraksh Varade, who disclosed that about six months before the present applicant had shown him a counter-feit currency note of Rs. 100/- allegedly prepared by other co-accused Sandeep Rahane and Sachin Khedkar on computer. His statement also reveals that one Patankar Baba had also shown interest in the fake currency notes if somebody was having the same. According to prosecution, the present applicant had purchased one printer and a scanner from one shop for the purpose of counterfeiting currency notes, but the said printer and scanner were sold back by the present applicant to the same shopkeeper about six months before seizure of counterfeit currency notes. That printer and scanner were recovered from the shopkeeper on the basis of information given by the present applicant. No counterfeit currency note was recovered from the present applicant nor any material which could be used for counterfeit currency notes was found with him by the police. In view of the above referred material, it is difficult to refuse bail to the present applicant. 3. The applicant be released on his executing P.R. of Rs.15,000/- with a surety in the like amount with condition that he shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence. (J.H.BHATIA,J.)