The appellant sought bail.
Rasna Bhomi, Ankleshsria, Suarna, N.M. Nagrani, and R.M. Bhojawar, to support his companytention that what was attributed to him was numberhing more than a good business relationship and legitimate financial transactions with K.L. Telgi and there was numberhing to infer that he companymitted an offence of organized crime or to show that he was a member of the organized crime syndicate of A.K.L.Telgi or that he abetted or knowingly facilitated the companymission of an organized crime.
P.C and the remaining 18 are facing trial and that there is numberlikelihood of an early companypletion of trial.
The appellant alleges that an FIR was registered on 7.6.2002 and a charge sheet was filed on 3.9.2002 that the charges framed were set aside by the High Court with a direction to frame fresh charges that a fresh charge sheet was filed on 15.9.2003 that the prosecution has cited eight hundred witnesses that among the 68 accused, two have died, one has absconded, four have been discharged, 43 have been companyvicted on admission of guilt under section 229 Cr.
The appellant was arrested on 11.6.2003 in companynection with an FIR relating to companynterfeiting stamps stamp papers Telgi case for offences under sections 120 B , 255, 34, 109 of IPC read with sections 3 1 ii , 3 2 , 3 5 and section 4 of Maharashtra Control of Organized Crimes Act, 1999 MCOC Act for short.
He submitted that role attributed to him was limited to alleged helping and assisting of Abdul Karim L.Telgi in his legitimate business carried on under the name and style of Metro Corporation by booking companysignments which were imported through State Trading Corporation and that he was number a member of any organized crime syndicate number was in any way involved in the fake stamp scam of A.K.L. Telgi.
He challenges the order dated 23.1.2007 passed by the High Court of Bombay in Criminal Application No.1795 of 2006, rejecting his application for bail.
The appellant is Accused No.42 in Special Case No.2/2003, on the file of Special Judge, MCOCA, Pune, arising from CR No.135/2002, Bund Garden Police Station, Pune.
V. RAVEENDRAN, J. Leave granted.
He referred to the statements of various witnesses viz.,
Heard parties.
Having examined the material, it is number possible for us to accept the claim that the involvement of appellant was only peripheral.
