1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 5114 OF 2009 Dattatray Kashinath Bhande ...Applicant vs. The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent Mr.M.S. Kadu for the Applicant. Mr.Y.M. Nakhawa, APP for the State. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. DATED : NOVEMBER 19, 2009 P.C. :- 1 Heard Counsel for the applicant and APP for the State. 2 The applicant apprehends arrest in connection with an offence which is registered vide C.R.No.I-152/2008 with Shahpur Police Station for the offences punishable under Sections 143, 147, 149, 307, 324, 336, 337, 427, 323, 504, 506 of the IPC. 2 3 Counsel for the applicant submitted that the said incident took place on 3rd August, 2008. The applicant and his group also had filed a counter case vide C.R.No.153/2008 for the same offences. The accused in the said case were arrested and were released on bail. It is submitted that almost after one year, police officers have started harassing accused in C.R.No.I-152/2009, number of people from the applicant s group also had received grievous injuries. It is further submitted that the applicant is working as a teacher and no specific role has been attributed to the applicant in the complaint lodged by the complainant against him. 4 In my view, since the complaint was lodged on 3rd August, 2008, almost for a period of one year no steps have been taken by the police in the present case. The counter complaint also had been lodged by the present applicant against other group and the accused had been arrested and have been 3 released on bail. Possibility of the applicant being implicated has not been ruled out since no specific role has been attributed to him. In the FIR, it is stated that the applicant are also amongst the persons who were present at the scene of the offence. 5 The applicant, therefore, in the event of the arrest, in connection with C.R.No.I-152-2008 registered with Shahpur Police Station, be released on bail in the sum of Rs.5000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. The applicant shall report to the concerned police station for one week from 23rd November, 2009 between 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. 6 Application is disposed of. (V.M. KANADE, J.)