MP 1 ABA784_11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 784 OF 2011 1. Mr. Narayan Balkrishnan Koli 2. Mr. Kailash Namdev Patil ... Applicants Versus The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent CORAM : J. H. BHATIA, J. DATE : 16TH SEPTEMBER 2011 Mr. S. V. Marwadi i/b. Ms. Sunita Sharma Tiwari, Advocates for the Applicants. Smt. G. Mulekar, APP for the Respondent. P. C. : The applicants seek anticipatory bail in C.R. No. 35 of 2011 registered with Gorai Police Station, Mumbai for the offences punishable under Sections 419, 423, 465, 466, 467, 471, 474 r/w. 120-B of the Indian Penal Code on the complaint lodged by one Mrs. Jenet Rodriques. 2. One Joseph Hendricks had died in 1964 leaving certain properties. As per the F.I.R., one Ronald Rodriques who had no relationship with deceased Joseph, forged a Will dated 12th October 2001, purporting to have been executed by said deceased Joseph and obtained probate and disposed of the said property. This fact was revealed in the year 2010 and the F.I.R. came to be lodged. It was alleged that a fake person was presented as a testator Joseph and present applicants had acted as attesting witnesses of the Will. Not only that, the present applicants also gave evidence before this Court in the probate proceedings. On the basis of which, the probate was issued on forged Will. The main culprit namely Ronald Rodriques has allegedly committed suicide. The police wants to arrest the applicants because they are the only persons who can give information about the person, who impersonated as the testator Joseph. It is contended that they had MP 2 ABA784_11 received certain amounts from Ronald Rodriques for the purpose of acting as attesting witnesses and for giving the evidence. 3. As the matter is very serious and pertains to huge property situated in Bombay, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail. In the result, application for anticipatory bail stands rejected. (J. H. BHATIA, J)