AJN 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATINON NO.596 OF 2008 IN CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1421 OF 2007 R.V. Bhasin, ... Applicant Vs. State of Maharashtra & Anr. ... Respondents And Ishwar Prasad G. Khandelwal ... Applicant/Intervenor Mr. J.P. Cama, senior counsel i/b. Mr. R.V. Bhasin for the applicant. Mr. Ravi Kadam, Advocate General with Mr. S.R. Borulkar, Public Prosecutor with Mrs. M.M. Deshmukh for the State. Mr. I.G. Khandelwal – applicant/intervenor in person. CORAM : SMT. RANJANA DESAI, D.Y. CHANDRACHUD & R.S. MOHITE, JJJ. DATED : 20TH MARCH, 2009. AJN 2 P.C. :- 1. In this application, the applicant has, inter alia, prayed that he may be allowed to intervene in Criminal Application No.1421 of 2007. 2. We have heard the intervenor in person. We have also heard Mr. Cama learned senior counsel appearing for the applicant and Mr. Kadam, learned Advocate General appearing for the State of Maharashtra. Mr. Kadam has opposed the present application. 3. For the reasons already stated, we have allowed the accompanying intervention application. Though arguments in support of the publication of the book and against the action of the State have already been placed for the consideration of the Court by the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the applicant, we are of the view that it would be appropriate and proper in the interest of justice if the present intervention application is also allowed in terms of prayer clause (a), particularly having AJN 3 regard to the circumstance that we have already allowed another intervention on the same subject matter. Hence, the intervention application is allowed in terms of prayer clause (a). We would expect the intervenor to be of assistance to the Court in the manner that has been indicated in the order of the Court on the intervention applications already allowed separately. [SMT. RANJANA DESAI, J.] [D. Y. CHANDRACHUD, J.] [R.S. MOHITE, J.]