IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 3972 OF 2004 Abasaheb Ramrao Deshmukh ... Petitioner versus State of Maharashtra ... Respondent ... Mr. R.V. More, for the Petitioner. Mr. A.S. Gadkari, for the Respondent. ... CORAM : A.M.KHANWILKAR,J. 16th September 2004 P.C.: . Heard Counsel for the parties. Having regard to the nature of offence, coupled with the fact that it is fairly accepted by the learned A.P.P., that the Applicant will have to be taken into custody only for the limited purpose of obtaining his specimen handwriting, to my mind, as the allegation against the Applicant is founded on documentary evidence and the limited purpose for which the Applicant’s detention is persisted, specimen handwriting can be obtained even while the Applicant is not in custody, the application deserves to be allowed on the following terms : a) The Applicant is granted anticipatory bail on condition that the Applicant furnishes personal bond in the amount of Rs. 10,000/- and two sureties in the like amount. b) The Applicant shall not tamper with prosecution witnesses or evidence in any manner whatsoever. c) The Applicant shall attend the Office of the investigating officer initially for a period of two days from 20th September 2004 and thereafter shall regularly report once in fortnight on Saturday between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. (A.M.KHANWILKAR,J.)