FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO.: IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE SIDE CRIMINAL APPELLATE SIDE CRIMINAL APPELLATE SIDE CRIMINAL APPLICATION NOS.4464/08, 4465/08, 4466/08, 4467/08, 4468/08, 4469/08, 4470/07, 4471/08, 4472/08, 4473/08. ------------------------------------:---------------------------------- Office Notes, Office Memoranda of : Court’s or Judge’s orders. coram, appearances, Court’s orders : or directions and Registrar’s : orders. : ------------------------------------:----------------------------------- Mr.Harshad Bhadbhade for the applicants in all the matters. Mrs.P.P.Shinde APP for the respondent-State in all the matters. CORAM: D.B.Bhosale,J. CORAM: D.B.Bhosale,J. CORAM: D.B.Bhosale,J. DATED: 17th December, 2008 DATED: 17th December, 2008 DATED: 17th December, 2008 P.C.: P.C.: P.C.: . Heard learned counsel for the applicants and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. All these applications are filed by the very same applicants directly in the High Court. In view thereof I was not inclined to entertain these applications and when I so expressed Mr.Bhadbhade, learned counsel for the applicants prayed for withdrawal of these applications with liberty to the applicants to approach the Sessions Court at Nasik seeking anticipatory bail. He seeks 7 days protection to the applicants to enable them to approach the Sessions Court seeking anticipatory bail. All the applications arise from a private complaint filed by one Kanhayalal Thakkar. The learned Magistrate, in all the complaints filed by Kanhayalal Thakkar, has issued orders under section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The learned A.P.P. has no objection for allowing the applicants to withdraw all these applications and for granting liberty as prayed. Hence the following order: . All the applications are disposed of as withdrawn with liberty as prayed. The applicants in all these applications shall not be arrested till 24.12.2008 in connection with the CRs’ registered with Nasik Road police station in pursuance of the order passed by the Magistrate under section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure in the private complaints instituted by Kanhayalal Thakkar. It is open to all the applicants to apply for anticipatory bail before the appropriate court on or before 24th December, 2008. If such applications are filed, same may be considered on merits and uninfluenced by the protection granted by this order. The applications are disposed of. (D.B.Bhosale, J.) (D.B.Bhosale, J.) (D.B.Bhosale, J.)