1 appln 756 of 2011 vks IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.756 OF 2011 Mahabaleshwar Giristhan Municipal Council .. Applicant Versus The State of Maharashtra and ors ..Respondents Mr. Ganesh Gole, for the applicant. Mrs. M.M. Deshmukh, APP for the Respondent State. CORAM: R. C. CHAVAN, J. DATED : 13th July, 2011. P.C.: 1. This is an application for leave to file appeal against acquittal of the respondent Nos 2 and 3, ordered by the learned J.M.F.C. Mahabaleshwar, District: Satara, for the offence punishable under Section 21 of Maharashtra (Urban Areas) Preservation of Trees Act, 1975. The applicant Municipal Council had prosecuted the respondent Nos 2 and 3 for unauthorized cutting of 24 trees out of survey No.70/7. Learned Magistrate seems to have concluded that there was nothing to show that the trees were cut from Survey No.70/7. The panchanam mentions that the trees were cut from survey No.70/7 and also gives sketch showing boundaries of the field 2 appln 756 of 2011 in question. In view of this, leave granted. Admit. Call for Record and Proceeding. Action under Section 390 of the Criminal Procedure Code. (R. C. CHAVAN, J.)