IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRI.APPLICATION NO.3384 OF 2008 CRI.APPLICATION NO.3384 OF 2008 CRI.APPLICATION NO.3384 OF 2008 Mrs Vanita Vithal Deshmukh, .. Applicant Vs State of Maharashtra, .. Respondent. Mr P.M.Pradhan, for the applicant. Mr S.S.Pednekar, APP for the respondent. CRI.APPLICATION NO.3385 OF 2008 1. Mrs Sangita Pandurang Patil; 2. Mrs Prema Tukaram Kamadi, 3. Mrs Shalaka Shrikant Rairikar, 4. Mrs Supria Arun Naik, 5. Mrs Rajni Vishwanath Sonar, 6. Mrs Laxmi Narayan Thakre, 7. Mrs Samidha Santosh Jadhav, 8. Mrs Pradyna Dnyaneshwar Nipurte, 9.Mrs Laxmi Vishna dhapshi, 10.Mrs Sujivani Balkrishna Tandel Applicants. Vs State of Maharashtra, Respondent Mr S.V.Marwadi, for the applicants. Mr S.S.Pednekar, APP for the respondent. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE,J. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE,J. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE,J. DATE : 06/10/2008 DATE : 06/10/2008 DATE : 06/10/2008 PC: PC: PC: 1. Heard Mr Pradhan, learned counsel for the sole applicant in Criminal Application No.3384 of 2008, Mr Marwadi, learned counsel for the ten applicants in Criminal Application No.3385 of 2008 and Mr Pednekar, learned APP for the State. 2. The applicants are seeking anticipatory bail in CR No.I-150 of 2008 of Wada Police Station. The said crime has been registered against all the applicants and two others for the offence punishable under sections 406,408 and 418 read with 34 of IPC. The applicant in criminal application no.3384 of 2008 was working as Anganwadi Sevika while the applicants in the second application were working as supervisors, and the other two accused were working as Statistical Officer and clerks under the Block Development Officer, Wada. It is alleged that the applicants had collected an amount of Rs.1000/- each from several Anganwadis within the jurisdiction of BDO, Wada, and that amount has been misappropriated by the accused. It appears that the applicants-women were working under the Statistical officer as per his direction and they had collected the monies and deposited it with him (Statistical Officer). Admittedly, the Statistical officer and clerks have already been suspended for the alleged misappropriation of the amount collected by the present applicants. The learned counsel for the applicants submits that the applicants have not committed the alleged offence and that they were not responsible for collecting the said amount. Having considering overall facts and circumstances of the case and the fact that the Statistical Officer and the clerks have already been suspended by the Department for the alleged misappropriation, I am inclined to grant the prayer for anticipatory bail to all the applicants. Hence, I pass the following order. 3. In the event of arrest, each of the applicants be released on bail in the sum of Rs.5000/- each with one or two sureties to make up the said amount, subject to condition that they shall report to the concerned police station every alternate day between 9 and 10 am till 20.10.2008 and thereafter every 2nd and 4th Sundays between 9 and 10 am till filing of the chargesheet or for 90 days from the date of their formal arrest, whichever is earlier. (D.B.BHOSALE, J.) (D.B.BHOSALE, J.) (D.B.BHOSALE, J.)