1 Appln 5540-10 Anand IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.5540 OF 2010 1. Sajjanrao Vitthal Navale ..Applicants 2. Bhimrao Arjun Ghadge 3. Santosh Popat Patil V/s. The State of Maharashtra ..Respondent Mr.Shekhar Ingawale with Mr.Ashok Misal, Advocate, for the Applicants Mrs.Geeta Mulekar, APP, for the Respondent - State CORAM : R.C.CHAVAN, J. DATE : 15TH DECEMBER, 2010 P.C. . Heard the learned Counsel for the respective parties. 2. This is an application for anticipatory bail by Chairman, Manager & Ex- Manager of the Society, who have not repaid the deposit of the first informant and who apprehend arrest in connection with C.R.No. 168 of 2010 for the offence punishable under Sections 406 & 420 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code registered with Tembhurni 2 Appln 5540-10 Police Station, District Solapur. The learned Counsel for the applicants submits that the Society is, in fact, in trouble and the Government has ordered a bail out package under which the Society is supposed to pay a sum of Rs.10,000/- against the deposits of Rs. 50,000/-. This is atrocious. In any case, the learned Counsel for the applicants submits that in order to show their bona fide, applicants would deposit ½ of the total amount i.e. Rs.67,500/- within a period of two weeks and the balance amount of Rs.67,500/- within a period of two weeks thereafter without prejudice to their rights, which amount the learned Trial Judge shall invest in interest earning deposit in a Nationalized Bank and deal with it at the end of the trial as per the result of the trial. If the amount is not so deposited, the order shall stand revoked. 3. In view of this, in the event of applicants' arrest, they be released on bail on their furnishing P.R.Bond of Rs.25,000/- 3 Appln 5540-10 each with one or more solvent sureties in the aggregate sum of Rs.25,000/- per person on the following conditions. (i) The applicants shall report at the Tembhurni Police Station, District Solapur for interrogation on 20th December, 2010 at 10.00 a.m. and thereafter, as and when required by the investigating officer. (ii) The applicants shall not, directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade them from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer. (iii) The applicants shall not leave India without the previous permission of the Court. . The order will remain in force till the trial is over with the only stipulation that if charge sheeted the applicant may furnish fresh bonds before the trial Court in view of the Judgment of the Supreme Court dated 2nd December, 2010 delivered in Special Leave Petition (Cri.) No.7615 of 2009 (Siddharam Satlingappa Mhetre vs State of Maharashtra And Ors.). (R.C.CHAVAN, J.) 4 Appln 5540-10