1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE CIVIL APPLICATION NO.3076 OF 2004 IN PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO.77 OF 2002 Nikhil Wagle & Ors. ...Petitioner. Vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors. ...Respondents. And Abdullah (Abdul) Rauf Shaikh & Anr. ...Applicants. .... Mr. P. V. Nichani i/b. Mr. V.T. Dubey for the Applicant. Mr. Ravi Kadam, Advocate General for Respondent Nos.1 to 3. ..... CORAM : KSHITIJ R. VYAS, C.J. & DR.D.Y.CHANDRACHUD, J. May 3, 2006. P.C. : The applicants have filed this application with a prayer to implead them in the PIL as party Respondents and to allow them to withdraw the proportionate share of the compensation deposited by Respondent No.4. Pursuant to the order of this Court dated 7th October 2002, the amount has been deposited in this Court. We grant the prayer to implead them as Respondent Nos.11 and 12 in PIL No.77 of 2002. We direct the Petitioners to serve the amended petition to the Respondents. Instead of directing the Registrar, 2 O.S./Prothonotary & Senior Master of this Court to verify the identity of the applicants, we direct the Senior Police Inspector, Bandra Police Station to verify the identity of the applicants and to certify that the applicants got injured in the incident which took place on 29th September 2002 and registered as CR No.326 of 2002 for offences under Sections 304-A, 279, 337, 338 of the Indian Penal Code r/w Section 134 (a) and (b) of the Motor Vehicles Act. On getting the verification report from Senior Police Inspector, the Registrar, O.S./Prothonotary & Senior Master shall release Rs.3 lakhs each out of the amount deposited by Respondent No.4 in this Court. This application is accordingly disposed of. CHIEF JUSTICE Dr.D. Y. Chandrachud, J.