(1) CR.APP. 1841.2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1841 OF 2009 1] Madhav S/o Govindrao Kandhare, Age : 74 yeards, Occu.: Agri., R/o Kalhali, Tq. Kandhar, Dist. Nanded 2] Balaji S/o Madhavrao Kandhare, Age : 30 years, Occu.: Service, R/o Kalhali, Tq. Kandhar, Dist. Nanded 3] Nilkanth S/o Madhavrao Kandhare, Age : 34 years, Occu.: Agri., R/o Kalhali, Tq. Kandhar, Dist. Nanded 4] Venkat S/o Manka Shirvande, Age : 50 years, Occu.: Agri., R/o Kalhali, Tq. Kandhar, Dist. Nanded .. Applicants Versus The State of Maharashtra, Through Police Station, Kandhar, Tq. Kandhar, Dist. Nanded .. Respondent Mr. A.S. Golegaonkar, Advocate for the Applicants Smt. R.R. Mane, APP for the Respondent­State CORAM : A.V. NIRGUDE, J. DATED : 23RD JUNE, 2009 COURT’S ORDER:­ 1] The application is pressed only to the (2) CR.APP. 1841.2009 extent of applicant nos. 1,2 and 4. I am told that the applicant no.3 is already arrested in this case. Applicants and other three, are charged under sections 326, 323, 504, 147, 149 of the Indian Penal Code in crime no. 25 of 2009 registered with Kandhar Police Station, Dist. Nanded on 12.3.2009. 2] The complainant­Vithal has long standing enmity with the applicants and other accused. He alleged that on 12.3.2009, at about 6:00 pm while he was walking back to his house, the applicants and three others attacked him. They were armed with sticks and stones. Due to the assault and stone blows the complainant sustained injuries. He fell down. He said in the melee, the assailants took away his gold ring, wrist watch and cash of Rs.600/­. The incident took place long back on 12.3.2009, and I am told the main accused Sambhaji, Mallikarjun and Ganpat were arrested immediately after the incident and during the pendency of this application, applicant no.3 Nilkanth was also arrested. (3) CR.APP. 1841.2009 3] The remaining applicants, in my view deserve anticipatory bail. Due to the long standing enmity between the parties, there is possibility of exaggeration and attempt to rope in as many enemies, in a case like this, as possible. The applicant nos. 1 is father of applicant nos. 2 and 3 and it is stated, he is about 74 years old. The applicant no.4, apparently is not related to the parties. There is, therefore, possibility of the applicants nos. 1, 2 and 4 being roped in out of enmity. They deserve anticipatory bail. The applicants 1, 2 and 4, if arrested in this case, shall be released on bail of Rs.5000/­ each (Rs. Five Thousand) with one surety each in the like amount. 4] Application stands disposed of. Sd/­­ (A.V. NIRGUDE, J.) arp/23june9/cr1841.2009