1 mpt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 50 of 2010 Dilip @ Nandu Ramrao Shinde & Anr ... Applicants versus The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent ... Mr.S.B.Dhotre for the applicant. Mr.K.V.Saste APP for the State. CORAM : D.G. KARNIK, J. DATED : 20th January 2010 P.C. 1. Heard. 2. By this application, applicants seek pre-arrest bail in connection with C.R. No.74 of 2009 registered with Miraj Rural Police station on 7th September 2009 for an alleged commission of offences punishable u/s. 395, 143, 427, 448, 506 of the IPC r/w section 37/135 of the Bombay Police Act. 3. On 7th September 2009, an FIR was filed by Idris Nayakwadi that the previous night some unidentified persons had entered his field and destroyed STP machine, engine attached to it, pressure pipe and two 2 plastic barrels containing the pesticides. They also destroyed the standing crop in the field and ran away with a cash of Rs.67,500/- which was kept in a safe. There were riots at Miraj and taking advantage of the riots and perhaps non availability of the police force (which must have been deployed for controlling of the riots) the crime was committed. In the FIR, the motor cycle numbers of the two motor cycles used by the miscreants were mentioned. Police carried out the investigation and three persons were arrested. The present applicants are suspects in the said crime. The crime has so far gone unresolved. Learned APP states that custody of the applicants is needed for the purpose of interrogation. 3. Considering the nature and gravity of the offence and taking an overall view, it would not be appropriate to grant pre-arrest bail pending investigation. Hence, the application is rejected. 4. It is clarified that this order would not come in the way of the applicants for applying for regular bail before the regular court in the event the applicants are arrested. (D.G. KARNIK,J.)