1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MUMBAI CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.2211 OF 2009 Sadanand Ramchandra Parab .. Applicant. Vs. State of Maharashtra .. Respondents. Mr.S.C.Prabhu for the applicant. Mrs.K.V.Saste A.P.P. for the State. Coram: D.B. BHOSALE, J. Dated : 7TH JULY, 2009 P.C. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The applicant is seeking bail in C.R.No.372 of 2008 of R.A.K.Marg police station, Mumbai. The crime has been registered against the applicant and three others for having allegedly committed an offence punishable under sections 420, 409, 477(A) r/w 34 of IPC. 3. The applicant was working as a Class IV employee in the post office. It is alleged that the applicant and the other accused misappropriated the monies deposited by the account holders in their savings and R.D. accounts by manipulating the record. The present applicant seems to have taken responsibility of the entire misappropriation and in view thereof the police have not even arrested the other accused. 2 However, having regard to the posts which the other accused were holding at the relevant time and considering their responsibility, Mr.Prabhu, learned counsel for the applicant, submits that the applicant cannot be stated to have misappropriated the entire amount alone. He submits that as a matter of fact the applicant was only a peon and that he had no role to play in entire process of depositing the amount in savings or R.D. accounts. Having considered overall facts and circumstances of the case and considering that the charge-sheet has already been filed and that the trial is likely to take long time, in my opinion, continued detention of the applicant is not necessary. Hence the following order: Applicant be released on bail in the sum of Rs.15,000/- with one or two sureties to make up the said amount, subject to the condition that the applicant shall report to the concerned police station on every alternate Saturday between 6 pm and 7 pm till conclusion of the trial. While passing this order I shall not be understood to have expressed any opinion on merits of the case and the trial Court shall deal with the case uninfluenced by the observations made in this order. Application is disposed of. (D. B. Bhosale, J.)