1 WP 1999.10 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.1999 OF 2010 Vinay Govind Joshi ..Petitioner versus The State of Maharashtra. ..Respondents Mr.S.V.Marwadi i/b Mr.Shailesh Kantharia for the Petitioner. Mr.A.S.Shitole APP for State. CORAM : V.M.KANADE, J. DATED : JULY 26, 2010. P.C. : Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. 2. The grievance of the petitioner is that after he had filed an application for anticipatory bail in the Sessions Court and the learned Judge of the Sessions Court was pleased to direct the petitioner to remain present in the court upon an application being made by the prosecutor seeking his presence on the next date. The grievance is that after directing the applicant to remain present, protection was not granted to him by granting ad-interim relief. It is submitted that in view of the judgment of this court in the case 2 WP 1999.10 of Ashik Rameshchandra Shah & Ors. Vs. State of Maharashtra in criminal application no.5307 of 2009 decided on 4th December, 2009, the learned Sessions Judge ought to have granted the interim protection. The ad-interim order was granted by this court on 14.7.2010. There is no dispute about applicability of the ratio laid down in the aforesaid case of Ashik Rameshchandra Shah to the facts of the present case. In this view of the matter the ad-interim order passed by this court on 14th July, 2010 is confirmed. The Sessions Court is directed to decide the application for anticipatory bail on merits and in accordance with law. The writ petition, accordingly, is disposed of. 3. The parties to act on a copy of this order duly authenticated by the Registry of this court. (V.M.KANADE, J.)