IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1099 OF 2009 Devidas Eknath Andhalkar ...Applicant Vs. The State of Maharashtra .. Respondent --- Shri Abhaykumar Apte for Applicant Mr.D.P. Adsule, APP for the State ---- CORAM: V.M. KANADE J. DATED 31ST MARCH, 2009 P.C. 1. Heard the learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the Applicant and the Learned APP for the State. 2. The Applicant has been arrested for an offence punishable under sections 406, 420, 467, 468, 471, 403 r/w. 34 of the Indian Penal Code. 3. The Applicant was working as an employee with the company called Trance-City Travel Co. Pvt. Ltd. The complaint has been filed against the company and its directors in respect of the scheme floated by the company. It is submitted that the Applicant is merely employee and not the director of the company and merely accepted the documents on behalf of the accused. Chargesheet has been filed. Investigation is almost over. The other co-accused have already been released on bail since they were also employee of the company and not the directors of the company. Under these circumstances, the Applicant deserves to be released on bail on the ground of parity. The other co-accused Gautam Navgire, Prabhakar Patil who were employees and also Rajesh Khadake was also an employee, have been released on bail by this Court in Criminal Application No.1079 of 2008 ad Criminal Application No.720 of 2009. 4. The Applicant, therefore, be released on bail in C.R. No.4 of 2008 registered with Baramati Police Station, Pune, in a sum of Rs.10,000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. The Applicant shall report to the concerned police station twice in a month till filing of the chargesheet and, thereafter, once in a month. 5. Application is, accordingly, disposed of. V.M. KANADE J.