1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH AT NAGPUR CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 80/2008 Dinkar Rambhau Navghare and 30 Ors. ..vs.. State of Maharashtra and anr. CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1165/2008 Sudhakar Banaji Lande and 53 others ...vs... State of Maharashtra and anr. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's Orders or Court's or Judge's Orders directions and Registrar's orders. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORAM: R. V. MORE, J. DATED : 17 th June, 2008 1. Heard Mr. Kurekar, learned counsel for the applicants, Mr. Ahirkar, A.P.P. for non applicant-State and Mr. Charlewar, learned counsel for non applicant No.2. 2. Both the applications are filed for quashing chargesheet dated 13.12.2007 having No. 123/2007 filed in the Court of Judicial Magistrate First Class by non applicant No. 1 under Section 143, 147, 148, 149, 341, 504, 506 and under section 3 (i) (x) of the SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 3. By order dated 21.01.2008, the applicants in 2 Criminal Application No. 80/2008 were granted interim protection from arrest with direction to the applicants therein to attend the Court proceeding in the trial Court until further orders. Similar order was passed in Criminal Application No. 1165/2008 on 28.03.2008. 4. Mr. Ahirkar, learned A.P.P. for non applicant No.1 makes statement that the chargesheet is already filed in the Court and the applicants can always make an application for discharge. 5. In view of the above facts coupled with the statement of the learned A.P.P., I dispose of the application by passing the following order:- (a) The interim protection granted on 21.01.2008 and 28.03.2008 respectively is extended for a period of six weeks from today. (b) The applicants in both the criminal applications are at liberty to apply the Court for grant of bail. If the applicants prefer such application within a period of three 3 weeks from today, the appropriate Court shall dispose of the same within a period of two weeks thereafter. (c) The applicant is at liberty to apply for discharge in accordance with the relevant provisions of law. JUDGE kahale