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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

VPH

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CRIMINAL APPLICATION No. 181 OF 2007

Mithailal Sing & Ors.

. . . Applicants

Vs.

The State of Maharashtra

. . . Respondent

Mr.R. M. Mohite with Mr. S.S. Shah, Advocates

for the applicant.

Mrs. M. H. Mhatre, APP for the State.

CORAM : J.H. BHATIA, J.

DATE : FEBRUARY 9, 2007.

P.C.

.

Heard Mr. R. M. Mohite, the learned

counsel for the applicant and Mrs. M. H.

Mhatre, the learned APP for the State. The

applicants, who are officers of Pratap

Cooperative Bank Ltd., have filed this

application for anticipatory bail in Crime No.

8 of 2007, registered at Mahatma Fule, Police

Station, Kalyan. On the complaint lodged by

Jagpratap Satyanarayan Sing

before the

J.M.F.C. Kalyan. The learned Magistrate

directed the police to investigae the case

under S. 156 Cr.P.C. and therefore, offence

came to be registered. One Manojkumar, son of

the

complainant had

taken loan of

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Rs.45,00,000/- from the bank, on the basis of

documents, showing his mother Smt. Madhavi J.

Singh as