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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

APPELLATE SIDE

Criminal Application No.2555 of 2008

Vilas Ganapatrao Gatade

Applicant

Vs.

The State of Maharashtra

Respondent

Mr.P.R.Arjunwadkar for applicant.

Mr.K.V.Saste, APP for State.

CORAM: D.B.BHOSALE, J.

Oct

P.C.

.

Heard Mr.Arjunwadkar, learned counsel for the

applicant and Mr. Saste, learned APP.

.

The applicant is seeking anticipatory bail in

C.R.

No.I-71

of

2008

of

Laxmipuri

Police

Station,

Kolhapur.

The

said

crime

has

been

registered

against

the

applicant

and

twenty

one

others

for

having

allegedly

committed

an

offence

punishable

under Sections 177, 403, 405, 406, 409, 415, 416,

417, 420, 463, 465, 467, 468 and 477(A) of IPC.

.

The applicant was one of the Directors of

Shri

Basweshwar

Co-operative

Credit

Society,

Kolhapur

from

1/4/1999

to

14/8/2004.

I

have

perused

the

FIR

dated

8/7/2008

lodged

by

the

Special

Auditor,

Class-I,

Co-operative

Society

(Sugar),

2

Sangli.

In

pursuance

of

the

order

dated

18/8/2007

is