1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 3853 OF 2009 Satish Pralhad Babar........ Applicant versus The State of Maharashtra ........Respondent. Mr. Rahul S. Kate adv. for the Applicant Mrs. S.D. Shinde APP. for the Respondent/State. CORAM: A. P DESHPANDE, J. DATED : 15th October, 2009. P. C.: 1. According to the learned counsel for the applicant, the applicant has been charged for commission of offence punishable under section 2(ia)(a), 2(ia)(h), 7(4) along with rule 50 of Food Adulternation Act and u/sec. 272, 273 of IPC registered with Indapur police station. According to the FIR the applicant was allegedly found in possession of lactose powder and whey powder without any licence. According to the learned counsel for the applicant, the punishment prescribed for possessing the said articles without license is only three months. The learned APP does not dispute the said position. By an interim order the applicant was granted interim protection vide order dated 1-10-2009 and the applicant was also directed to attend the 2 concerned police station daily for a period of one week and co- operate in the investigation, I am informed that the applicant did attend the police station as directed, and has been interrogated and his statement has also recorded. In that view of the matter in my opinion this is a fit case for grant of anticipatory bail. In the result I pass the following order. 2. In the event of arrest of the applicant Satish Pralhad Babar in C.R. No. 28/09 for offence under section 2(ia)(a), 2(ia)(h), 7(4) along with rule 50 of Food Adulternation Act and u/sec. 272, 273 of IPC he shall be released on bail on executing P.R. Bond in the sum of Rs. 10,000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. The applicant shall abide by the conditions stipulated under section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Application is thus allowed and disposed of. (A. P. Deshpande, J.)