1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.369 OF 2010 Sunil J. Pawar. ..Applicant. Vs. The State of Maharashtra. ..Respondent. Mr. Abhaykumar Apte for the Applicant. Mr. A.S.Gadkari, APP. for the State. CORAM : R.S. MOHITE, J. DATE : 15th April, 2010 PC : 1 This is an application for grant of regular bail. The applicant is shown as an accused in C.R.No.230/2009 registered by Sahakarnagar Police Station, Pune for the alleged offences punishable under Section 420,406,467,468 and 471 read with 34 of the I.P.C. The allegation against the present applicant is that he had forged the letter heads as well as the signatures of the Home Minister Shri..R.R.Patil and Energy Minister Shri. Dilip Walse Patil. In my view, it is doubtful if an 2 offence under Section 467 of the I.P.C. which is in respect of forging of valuable security and punishable with life imprisonment can be said to have been committed. The other offences are not punishable with life imprisonment. The applicant is in custody since more than 10 months. In the circumstances, I am inclined to grant bail to the applicant subject to stringent conditions particularly there are other similar offences alleged against the present applicants. In the circumstances, it is directed that pending his trial in pursuance of C.R.No.230/2009 registered by Sahakarnagar Police Station, the applicant will be released on bail in the sum of Rs.25,000/- with one surety in the like amount subject to the condition that he will present himself before the Investigating Officer once in a week on every Monday between 11AM to 5-PM. till the disposal of the trial and also remain present on all the dates of the trial in the trial court unless exempted. Application is disposed off. 3 ( R.S. MOHITE, J.)