1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 4157 OF 2009 Prakash Gopaldutt Khanduri .... Applicant. V/s The State of Maharashtra .... Respondent. Mr. Subhash M. Surve with Mr. Pramod S. Sonawane for the applicant. Mr. H.J. Dedhia, APP for the State. CORAM: V. M. KANADE, J. DATE : 25TH NOVEMBER, 2009 1. Heard the learned Counsel for the applicant and the learned APP for the State. 2. Applicant has been arrested on 05/08/2009 in connection with the offence punishable under sections 403, 408, 420, 465, 467, 468, 471, 477(A) read with section 120(B) of the Indian Penal Code, which was initially registered at N.M. Joshi Marg Police Station by F.I.R. No.316 of 2007 and, thereafter, the said case is transferred to Economic Offence Wing, Unit-III, Crime Branch, Mumbai and 2 the said offence is registered vide C.R. No.91 of 2007. 3. The allegation against the applicant is that he was working as an accountant in a Company known as Big Bazaar and, thereafter, he left and working elsewhere. It is alleged that the applicant had conspired with other employees of the said Company and had siphoned off certain amounts by using the Login Number and secret passwords of the computers. 4. Counsel for the applicant submitted that other accused has been released on bail by this Court by an order dated 17th February, 2009 passed in Criminal Application No.234 of 2009. It is further submitted that, now, charge-sheet has been filed and continued detention of the applicant, therefore, is not necessary since the investigation is over. 5. I have perused the said order dated 17th February, 2009. The co-accused – Mithun Vinod Sahal has been released on bail by this Court. The role attributed to the present applicant is also similar. Charge-sheet now has 3 been filed and the investigation is over. Under these circumstances, therefore, the applicant deserves to be released on bail. 6. Applicant be released on bail in C.R. No.91 of 2007 registered with the Economic Offence Wing, Unit-III, Crime Branch, Mumbai in the sum of Rs 5000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. He shall surrender his passport to the concerned Investigating Officer. He shall report to the concerned Crime Branch, Mumbai once in a month. 7. Leave to amend is granted to correct the name of the father of the applicant which is wrongly mentioned in the cause title of this application as “Dattalal”. 8 Application is disposed of. (V.M. KANADE, J.)