MP 1 ABA772_11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 772 OF 2011 Vijaykumar Badriprasad Singhal ... Applicant Versus The State of Maharashtra and another ... Respondents CORAM : J. H. BHATIA, J. DATE : 16TH SEPTEMBER 2011 Ms Ashwini A. Takalkar i/b. Mr. Nitin Deshpande, Advocate for the Applicant. Mr. Y. M. Nakhwa, APP for the Respondents. P. C. : Heard. 2. The applicant seeks anticipatory bail apprehending arrest in Crime No. 242 of 2011 registered with Nigdi Police Station, Pune for the offences punishable under Sections 427, 452 and 506(2) of the Indian Penal Code. 3. The complaint was registered on the report of one Yashoda Parit. According to her, she along with her family members is residing in the house belonging to the present applicant since last six years. The applicant is asking her to vacate the premises. On 21st August 2011 at about 6.30 p.m., three persons armed with the weapons entered the house, caused damage to the household articles, threatened the complainant and snatched their ornaments. Those three persons were later on arrested. Their names are also in the F.I.R. and the applicant is not one of those three persons. The apprehension of the applicant is only because in the F.I.R. the contention was that the applicant wanted to evict the complainant from the house. 4. Taking into consideration the facts of the case, custodial interrogation of the present applicant does not appear to be necessary. MP 2 ABA772_11 5. Therefore, in the event of arrest in Crime No. 242 of 2011, the applicant be released on his executing P.R. of Rs. 10,000/- with one surety in the like amount with condition that he shall make himself available to the police as and when required for the purpose of interrogation. Application stands disposed of. (J. H. BHATIA, J)