mpt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.4095 of 2007 Dalsingar Pheran Yadav .. Applicant versus State of Maharashtra .. Respondent ... Mr.Madan Waman Joshi the applicant. Mr. Rajesh More APP for the State. CORAM : D.G.KARNIK, J DATED : 21st February 2008 P.C.: 1. Heard. 2. By this application, the applicant seeks pre-arrest bail in connection with the offence registered with Bund Garden police station under C.R. No. 437 of 2007 for offences punishable u/s.420, 467, 468 and 471 of the IPC. The prosecution case in brief is that applicant has been acting as a tout/agent for the persons who approached the office of the Tahsildar/Dy. Collector for the purpose of obtaining a caste certificate. He helps them in preparing false documents showing false school records to enable them to procure false caste certificates. The documents submitted by one Mr.Rajesh Vishwakarma and Mr.Ravi Vishwakarma for obtaining a certificate as belonging to Lohar caste were found to be false. 3. During the enquiry, it was discovered that applicant had arranged to help and/or prepare the said false documents. The matter is being investigated. There appears to be large scale fraud in preparing of the false documents to enable persons belonging to advance false caste to obtain certificate or belong to Schedule Caste or Other Backward Caste since the investigation is pending. It would not be appropriate at this stage to grant bail. Custodial investigation of the applicant appears necessary for the purpose of ascertaining the manner in which the false documents were being prepared. Hence, application for pre-arrest bail is rejected at this stage. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant prays for stay of the operation of this order. Since I have already rejected the prayer for pre-arrest bail, there is no question of granting stay of this court. Oral prayer for stay of the order is rejected. (D.G. KARNIK, J)