IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 676 OF 2006 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 676 OF 2006 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 676 OF 2006 Santosh Adyaprasad Pathak. ...Applicant V/s. The State of Maharashtra. ...Respondent AND CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 677 OF 2006 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 677 OF 2006 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 677 OF 2006 Santosh Adyaprasad Pathak. ...Applicant V/s. The State of Maharashtra. ...Respondent AND CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 678 OF 2006 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 678 OF 2006 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 678 OF 2006 Santosh Adyaprasad Pathak. ...Applicant V/s. The State of Maharashtra. ...Respondent Shri Subhash Jha with Shri K.V. Mirza for Applicant. Ms.Rajeshree M. Gahdavi, APP for the State in Cri.Appln.No.676/2006. Ms.M.M. Deshmukh, APP for the State in Cri.Appln.No.677/2006. Shri S.S. Tatkare, APP for the State in Cri.Appln.No.678/2006. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. DATED : FEBRUARY 21, 2006 DATED : FEBRUARY 21, 2006 DATED : FEBRUARY 21, 2006 P.C. :- P.C. :- P.C. :- . This application is filed to seek protection for a limited period during the pendency of the application filed by the applicant in the Sessions Court. According to the applicant, the Sessions Court had orally directed the police not to arrest the applicant for a period of three days. However, on the next date, the Court which passed the oral direction was on leave and the Judge to - 2 - whom the application was transferred, was not ready to accept the submission made by the applicant. Under these circumstances, the applications were filed and ad-interim orders were obtained by the applicant. I am informed that thereafter, the matter has now been heard by the Sessions Court and ad-interim order has been granted. 2. Learned Counsel for the applicant seeks permission to withdraw the present criminal application for anticipatory bail with liberty to approach this Court in the event the application for anticipatory bail is rejected by the Sessions Court. 3. Under these circumstances, the applications are allowed to be withdrawn with liberty to the applicant to approach this Court in the event of his application is rejected by the trial Court. (V.M. Kanade, J.) (V.M. Kanade, J.) (V.M. Kanade, J.)