1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR. Criminal Application No.888/2010 ( Amol Madhukar Ghongade and 27 ors. .vs. State of Maharashtra and another ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions Court's or Judge's orders. and Registrar's orders Mr. J.Y. Ghurde, Advocate for Applicants. Mr. A.S. Sonare, APP for Respondent no.1. Mr. R.M. Daga, Advocate for Respondent No.2. CORAM : P.D. KODE, J. DATED : SEPTEMBER 21, 2010 Criminal Application (APPP) No. 851/2010 Heard. The learned counsel for the applicant/respondent no.2 states that he is not pressing the application for the relief as prayed therein and is only requesting the Court to take into consideration the matters stated in the application while passing further orders upon the main application preferred by the accused/applicant. Having regard to the same and the matters stated in the application being already noted by the Court, the application is marked disposed of as not pressed. 2 Criminal Application No. 888/2010 Heard. The learned APP upon the instructions from the investigating officer states that the I.O. intends to submit the charge sheet in the matter as early as possible and in any event within 15 days subject to applicants cooperating with the investigating agency for expeditious completion of the investigation. The learned counsel for the applicants states that having regard to the statement made by the learned APP, the applicants are not pressing the application for the reliefs in terms of the prayer made in the application and is only limiting the prayer for extending the protection granted vide order dated 1.6.2010 up-till submission of charge sheet on terms as deemed appropriate by the Court and liberty to make an appropriate application before appropriate forum after submission of the charge sheet for serving ends of justice. He further states that the applicants would be abiding by the conditions as would be imposed by the Court. He states that considering the period for which the interim protection granted was in force, granting such prayers are unlikely to cause any prejudice to the prosecution as the applicants will be cooperating with the investigating agency for expeditious completion of the investigation. Having regard to the aforesaid, the interim order passed on 1.6.2010 is extended till submission of the charge sheet subject to the applicants attending Investigating Officer from 24.9.2010 up-till 30.9.2010 in between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. and thereafter as and when 3 called by the I.O. till submission of the charge sheet. The applicants shall not indulge in any activities of commission of offence and/or tampering with the prosecution evidence and hampering with progress of ongoing investigation. The investigating officer shall adhere to the statement made through the learned APP regarding submission of the charge sheet. Rule made absolute in the aforesaid terms. JUDGE halwai