1ab-2308-10 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET No. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION No. 2308 /2010 Sidraya Bhimrao Koli and (7) ors v. State of Maharashtra Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court’s orders or directions and Registrar’s orders. Court’s or Judge’s orders Mr Amit Sale for the applicants. Mr K.V. Saste, A.P.P.,for the State. CORAM:- A.R. JOSHI, J. DATE :- 16TH JUNE, 2010. P.C.:- 1. Heard rival submissions for some time on this application for anticipatory bail preferred by the applicants apprehending their arrest in CR No.36/2010 registered with Jath Police Station,Jath, District Sangli. The offences alleged against the applicants are punishable under Sections 457, 380 of I.P.C. 2. Reportedly, one accused is already released on bail, whereas the present applicants were not arrested. Initially, the complaint was lodged by the complainant against unknown persons as to breaking open the shutter of his godown on 29.3.2010 and stealing some grocery items/pulses kept in the gunny bags and also stealing some iron sheets, total property worth Rs.5,000/-. As 2ab-2308-10 submitted by learned A.P.P.on instructions from the I.O.,who is present today in the Court, that supplementary statement of the complainant was recorded after five days in which he took the name of the present applicants, including the accused who were subsequently arrested and released on bail. Apparently, there is some civil dispute pending between the complainant and the present applicants over the possession of some immovable property, near which such godown of the complainant situate. It is submitted by the learned A.P.P.that iron sheets were recovered at the instance of the arrested accused, and other material i.e.grocery / pulses and gunny bags are yet to be recovered and hence custodial interrogation of the applicants is necessary. 3. Considering allegations and considering that at the initial stage there was no names given of any of the miscreants who committed theft and considering that there appears to be some civil dispute between the parties, in the opinion of this Court, the present application can be allowed on certain conditions to be imposed on the applicants of attendance before the concerned police station. Hence, the order: :ORDER: (a) Anticipatory Bail application No. 2308/2010 is allowed. In the event of arrest of the applicant Nos.1 to 8 in C.R. No. 36/2010 registered with Jath Police Station, Jath, District Sangli shall be released on bail on executing P.R. Bonds in the sum of Rs.10,000/-each with one surety in the like amount each. (b) In the event of arrest and availing of bail, the 3ab-2308-10 applicants shall attend concerned Police Station, once in a week on every Tuesday between 10.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m.till the investigation in the matter is over. (c) With these directions anticipatory bail application is disposed of. 4. Any observations made in this order shall not be construed as any finding or any expression of opinion on the merit of the case at the time of trial. (A.R.JOSHI,J)