1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR. CRIMINAL APPLICATION (ABA) NO.142/2011 (Deodas s/o Kusan Gurnule & others Vs. State of Maharashtra) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions Court's or Judge's orders. and Registrar's orders Mr. M.B. Naidu, Advocate for Applicants. Mr. A.S. Sonare, APP for Non-Applicant. .......... CORAM : P.D. KODE, J DATED : APRIL 20, 2011 Heard. Perusal of the FIR does not reveal that any demand was made by any of these applicants for the purposes of disbursement of the compensation amount. The crime was registered on 03.04.2011. Even in spite of investigation of about fortnight, the learned APP is not able to point out any material from the case diary collected by Investigating Agency showing involvement of the applicants in crime alleged. In view of the same, considering the case of the applicants in the light of the guidelines given by the Apex Court in Siddharam Satlingappa Mhetre .vs. State of Maharashtra and ors. reported in 2010 (12) SCALE 691 in paragraphs 122 to 125, the applicants have presently made out a case for granting protection, as prayed by them. 2 However, learned APP having pointed out that the principal accused mentioned in the FIR could not be arrested in view of themselves being protected by ad- interim order of anticipatory bail passed in their favour and there is likelihood of obtaining the evidence against the present applicants in event of their arrest and interrogation of said accused and/or the relevant aspects and still under investigation, it appears proper to give the direction for a limited period with necessary liberty to both the parties. Inform Investigating Officer of Crime No. 24/2011 registered with Police Station Goregaon, District Gondia on 03.04.2011 for an offence punishable under Section 420 r/w 34 of the IPC that in the event of arrest of the applicants in connection with the said crime, they be released on bail up-till 04.05.2011 subject to each of them furnishing a P.R. bond in sum of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand Only) with two separate sureties in the like amount and subject to the conditions that the applicants: (i) shall attend the I.O. of said Police Station in connection with the investigation of the said crime on every alternate day in between 06-00 p.m. to 08-00 p.m.; (ii) shall not, directly or indirectly, make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the accusation levelled against them so as to dissuade them from disclosing such facts to the Police Officer; (iii) shall stay at the address mentioned in the application and shall not change the same without 3 permission of the Court; (iv) shall not commit any offence while being on bail granted vide this order. The application stands disposed of with liberty to both the sides to apply for modification/extension of an order as the case would be. JUDGE NIKHARE