1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1507 OF 2009 1 Sundari Ramamurthy 2 Sunil Arjan Lulla .....Applicants. V/s State of Maharashtra & Ors. ..... Respondents Mr. A.P. Mundargi, Senior Counsel i/b Mr. R.M. Azim for the applicants. Mr. D.P. Adsule, APP for the State. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. DATE : 30th March, 2009 P.C:- 1. Heard the learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the applicants and the learned APP for the State. 2. Applicants seek limited protection in order to enable them to approach the appropriate Court in Patna where the complaint has been lodged against them for the offence punishable under sections 420, 468 read with section 34 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code. It is alleged in the complaint that the applicants who are distributors of Films, had assured the complainant that there would be 10 songs in the Film “Dus Kahaniyaan” and 7 songs in the Film “Mr White Mr Black” and when the Films were released it was noted that there were no such songs in those Films. 2 3. Counsel for the applicants submits that a warrant has been issued by the Court in Patna and, therefore, applicants have an apprehension that they are likely to be arrested. He submits that the applicants may be granted limited protection in order to enable them to approach the competent Court in Patna for making an application for cancellation of warrant or seeking anticipatory bail. 4. Since the complaint has been lodged in Patna, this Court is not competent to grant anticipatory bail to the applicant as this Court has no jurisdiction to do so and, therefore, limited protected as prayed by the applicants can be granted. 5. Accordingly, applicants shall not be arrested by the respondents in respect of the warrant issued by Mr. Narad Pandey, J.M.F.C., 1st Class, Patna in Complaint Case No.1924 (c) of 2008 for the offence punishable under sections 420, 468 read with section 34 & 120B of the IPC, for a period of five weeks from today. 6. Application is disposed of. (V.M. KANADE, J.)