IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRI.APPLICATION NO.1567 OF 2008 CRI.APPLICATION NO.1567 OF 2008 CRI.APPLICATION NO.1567 OF 2008 1. Mr Anil Sadanand Shelar & 2. Mr Gulabrao Hilal Patil, ..Applicants Vs The State of Maharashtra, .. Respondent. Mr. K.H. Kolambe Patil, for the applicants. Mr.K.V. Saste, APP for the respondent. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE,J. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE,J. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE,J. DATE : 29/09/2008 DATE : 29/09/2008 DATE : 29/09/2008 PC: PC: PC: 1. Heard Mr Patil, learned counsel for the applicants and Mr.Saste, learned APP, for the respondent. 2. This application is filed by the applicants seeking anticipatory bail in C.R.No.I-44 of 2008 of Manor Police Station. The said offence is registered under sections 385, 353, 427, 323, 504 ad 506 of IPC. It is on the allegations that the applicants, on 22.4.2008, went to the office of the complainant, who at the relevant time, was a Talathi of village Manor, demanded certain information. It is further alleged that they also demanded an amount of Rs.10,000/- for not publishing news against the office of the Talathi in the newspaper "Kunbhi Varta" published by the applicants. Mr Patil, learned counsel for the applicants, submitted that except section 353, all other sections applied are bailable and insofar as section 353 is concerned, the maximum punishment provided under that section is two years. He also invited my attention to some complaints filed by the applicants against the complainant in the present case. Mr Saste, learned APP on the other hand, submitted that the offence under section 353 is against a public servant and that being so the applicants are not entitled to be released on bail. I perused the FIR and the other material placed before me and having considered the nature of the offence allegedly committed by the applicants and the punishment provided for the same, I am inclined to grant bail as prayed by the applicants. Hence, the following order. 3. In the event of arrest, the applicants be released on bail in the sum of Rs.25,000/- with one surety in the like amount, subject to the following condition; that the applicants shall report to the concerned police station on every Wednesday and Saturday from 10 am and 12 noon till the filing of the chargesheet and/or for a period of 90 days from today, whichever is earlier. 4. The application is disposed off. (D.B.BHOSALE, J.) (D.B.BHOSALE, J.) (D.B.BHOSALE, J.)