1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 2053 OF 2010 Mrs. Reena Vishal Shah. ..Applicant. Vs. The State of Maharashtra. ..Respondent. Dr. Yug Mohit Chaudhary for the Applicant. Smt. A.A. Mane, APP. For the State. CORAM : R.S. MOHITE, J. DATE : 23rd April, 2010 PC : 1 This is an application for grant of anticipatory bail. The applicant is shown as an accused in CR No. 138 of 2010 registered by Bund Garden Police Station, Pune for the alleged offences punishable under Sections 467, 468, 471, 420, 201 read with 34 of the IPC and U/s. 14 of the Foreigners Act, 1946. The prosecution case is that the applicant is foreign citizen. She had applied for an extension of her residential permit for a 2 period of two years and the same was recommended by the authorities for extension till 21.4.2003 in accordance with the pass port. The recommendation made was accepted by the Dy. Commissioner of Police. Subsequently, somebody has scoured out the figure 2003 and entered the figure 2006 which would enable the applicant to stay in the country for further period of three years. It was sought to be contended that the applicant got her residential permit extended on several occasions earlier and had no reason to forge the year of her application. It is not possible for this court to speculate the reason as to why the forgery was effected. The fact remains that forgery was in fact effected and the present applicant appears to be the party benefited from the said forgery. It is necessary to find out as to who was responsible for the forgery and since the applicant is beneficiary she is more likely to know the person. The offence in question is serious and therefore, this is not a fit case for grant of anticipatory bail. The Advocate for the applicant 3 has relied upon my order dated 15.4.2010 in which I had granted bail to the applicant therein Mr.A.M. Sebastian. The case of the said applicant stands on entirely different footing and he was granted anticipatory bail on different reasons which are mentioned in the said order. Application is therefore, dismissed and stands disposed off. 2 Parties to act on a copy of this order duly authenticated by the registry of this court. ( R.S. MOHITE, J.)