MP 1 ABA844_11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 844 OF 2011 1. Mr. Umesh Dattatraya Kachi 2. Mr. Ajay Dattu More 3. Mr. Nishant Ganpat Kachi 4. Mr. Milind Ganpat Kachi 5. Mr. Ganesh Ganpat Waidande 6. Mr. Kamlesh Natrajan Pillay 7. Mr. Sudhir Subhash Bhalerao 8. Mr. Rajesh Madhukar Kharat ... Applicants Versus The State of Maharashtra and another ... Respondents Mr. S. P. Joshi, Advocate i/b. Mr. Subhash Hulyalkar, for Applicants. Mr. Y. S. Shinde, APP for Respondents. CORAM : J. H. BHATIA, J. DATE : 21ST OCTOBER 2011 P. C. : The applicants seek anticipatory bail in Crime No.340 of 2011 registered at Bhosari Police Station, Pune under Sections 143, 147, 148, 341, 326, 307 r/w. Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code and under Section 37(1) r/ w. Section 135 of the Bombay Police Act as well as under Section 4(25) of the Arms Act. 2. As per the report lodged by one Abhijit Khandagale, on 18.09.2011 when he was proceeding on his motorcycle, Anil S. Pawar and Ajay More obstructed him and abused on the ground that Abhijit had taken side of one Ravi Kamble in a dispute which had taken place one day before. When the exchange of hot words was going on, a large number of persons including the present applicants assembled there. All of them were armed with swords, iron rods, sticks, etc. and those persons assaulted Abhijit as well as two others namely Deepak Salve and Chandrakant Salve. All of them were injured. One Gopal was actually armed with sword and he assaulted Abhijit with the sword MP 2 ABA844_11 but somehow Abhijit saved himself and escaped with some injuries. According to the applicants, they have been falsely implicated because of rivalry between two groups. It is contended that on a report lodged by one Anil Pawar, a counter case No.341 of 2011 was registered against Abhijit and others for the similar offences. 3. It may be noted that two of the main accused persons namely Krishna More and Gopal More have been released on bail. The accused persons in the counter case are also released on bail. Medical reports reveal that in the said incident, only Deepak Salve and Abhijit had suffered some minor injuries. None of them had suffered any grievous hurt. From both the sides, large number of accused persons were shown to be involved. Though presence of the applicants was shown, in the said incident no specific role is attributed to them. 4. As far as the applicant No.2 Ajay Dattu More and applicant No.4 Milind Ganpat Kachi are concerned, they are shown to be aged 17 years. As they are juvenile, they may approach the Juvenile Court for appropriate relief. 5. In view of these circumstances, in the event of arrest in Crime No.340 of 2011, the applicant No.1 Umesh Dattatraya Kochi, applicant No.3 Nishant Ganpat Kachi, applicant No.5 Ganesh Ganpat Waidande, applicant No.6 Kamlesh Natrajan Pillay, applicant No.7 Sudhir Subhash Bhalerao and applicant No.8 Rajesh Madhukar Mokashi be released on their executing P.R. of Rs.20,000/- each with one or two sureties to make up the amount with condition that they shall make themselves available to the police as and when required for the purpose of investigation / interrogation and shall fully co- operate in the investigation. Besides that, they shall also attend the police station on every Monday and Friday between 6.00 p.m. and 9.00 p.m. till the filing of the charge-sheet. MP 3 ABA844_11 6. Applicant No.2 Ajay More and applicant No.4 Milind Kachi, who are juvenile, may seek appropriate remedy from the Juvenile Court. 7. Application stands disposed of accordingly. (J. H. BHATIA, J)