1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRI.APPLICATION NO. 2587 OF 2009 Unmesh Hirachand Deshmane .. Applicant Vs State of Maharashtra .. Respondent Mr. Shirish Gupte, Senior Counsel, i/b Ms Rachaeta Shury Advocate for the Applicant. Mr. S.S.Pednekar, APP, for the Respondent. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. DATE : 16/06/2009 PC: 1. Heard Mr Shirish Gupte, learned senior counsel for the applicant and Mr.Pednekar, learned APP for the respondent. 2. This application for anticipatory bail is filed directly in this Court. Mr.Gupte, learned senior counsel for the applicant, therefore, submits that the applicant may be protected for a period of seven days to enable him to approach the concerned court seeking a relief of anticipatory bail, as prayed in this application. He submits that the applicant will approach the concerned court immediately. He further prayed for protection till disposal of his application for anticipatory bail by the appropriate court. Mr Pednekar, learned APP, has no objection for granting the prayer made by Mr.Gupte. T 2 In the circumstances, without examining the merits of the case, I am inclined to pass the following order. The applicant-Unmesh Hirachand Deshmane shall not be arrested in connection with Sessions Case No.75 of 2003 arising out of C.R.No.168 of 2002 of Vijapur Nakar Police Station, Solapur, for a period of seven days from today. If the applicant files an application for anticipatory bail within seven days from today, the interim protection granted by this order, shall remain operative till disposal of the application for anticipatory bail. The application is accordingly disposed of. While granting protection, I shall not be understood to have examined the merits of the case and the Sessions Court shall deal with the application for anticipatory bail on merits and uninfluenced by this order. (D. B. Bhosale, J.) 3