:1: IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1475 OF 2005 Sachin Suresh Mahajan ... Applicant versus The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent ... Mr.Ravindra Joshi with Ms. Pranjali Joshi, for the Applicant. Mr.A.S. Gadkari, A.P.P., for the Respondent. ... CORAM : A.M.KHANWILKAR,J. 9th March 2005 P.C.: . Having regard to the nature of offence, not a case for anticipatory bail. Without going into the contentious issues raised before this Court, in my opinion, this application needs to be disposed of by giving limited protection to the Applicant of not to be arrested till 14th March 2005. It will be open to the Applicant to :2: surrender before the appropriate Court and apply for regular bail before 14th March 2005, if so advised, which will be considered on its own merits in accordance with law. The Applicant to give advance notice to the investigating officer before moving the appropriate Court. In the meantime, the Applicant shall co-operate for the purpose of investigation as and when called upon. It is made clear that the regular bail application will be decided on its own merits in accordance with law by the lower Court uninfluenced by the fact of rejection of the anticipatory bail application. (A.M.KHANWILKAR,J.)