1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.728 OF 2010 Rajesh Murlidhar Poul APPLICANT VERSUS The State of Maharashtra RESPONDENT Mr.P.S.Agrawal, learned counsel for applicant. Mr.N.R.Shaikh, learned APP for respondent State. (CORAM : A.V.POTDAR, J.) DATE : 26/02/2010 PER COURT : 1. By the present application, the applicant has approached this Court for his release on bail in connection with CR No.7/2010, registered in Goregaon Police Station, Dist. Hingoli, in which he was arrested on 28/01/2010. 2. Heard learned counsel for applicant followed by the submissions of learned APP appearing for State. 3. It appears that the said offence came to be registered on the complaint of Circle Inspector, Taluka and District Hingoli. It is alleged that some proposal was submitted by the office of Tahsildar to the office of District Collector for grant of land from village Kulburga, 2 Tal.Dist. Hingoli from gat no.92. During the inquiry, this proposal forwarded from the office of Tahsildar to the office of District Collector appeared to be a forged proposal and in fact was not forwarded by the office of Tahsildar at all. Hence inquiry was initiated on the directions of Office of Collector. During the inquiry, it revealed that the proposal forwarded was found on the basis of forged documents, prepared by one Raju Ramji Bhagat alongwith one Sanjay Bhagar and Laxmi Dhoke. Investigation revealed that the documents which were prepared and stamped, those documents were prepared at the hands of present applicant. The evidence collected during the investigation shows that statement of accomplice implicate the present applicant in the said offence and one rubber stamp of office of Tahsildar was recovered during the said inquiry. As the investigation is in progress about grabbing of land, it is not safe at this juncture to release the applicant on bail. Application sans any merit, hence rejected. (A.V.POTDAR, J.) khs/FEB 2010/cri.appl.728-10