1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 5276 OF 2009 1 Shri Viju Anna Shetty, 2 Mr.Laxminarayan Narayan Shetty ...Applicants vs. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ...Respondents Mr.S.V. Sadavarte for the Applicants. Mr.H.J. Dedhia, APP for the State. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. DATED : DECEMBER 1, 2009 P.C. :- 1 Heard Counsel for the applicants and APP for the State. 2 The applicants apprehend arrest in connection with an offence which is registered under Sections 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. 2 3 Counsel for the applicants submits that initially, a complaint was lodged against them by the son of the present complainant  respondent no.3 herein vide FIR No.I-209/2009 which was registered at Wagale Estate Police Station under Sections 324, 323, 504, 427 read with 34 of the IPC. The applicants were arrested and were released on regular bail by the learned Magistrate. Thereafter, a second complaint was lodged by the mother of the complainant alleging that the present applicants had abused her in the name of her caste 4 I have perused the said complaint. This Court in the case of Ramchandra Govindrao Watkar, reported in 1995 (2) Maharashtra Law Journal Page 669, has observed that on perusal of the complaint, it transpired that the ingredients of the said Act are not specifically spelt out that the complaint and the application for anticipatory bail is maintainable. Taking into consideration the 3 averments made in the complaint dated 15th November, 2009 if they are accepted at its face value, the alleged offence under Section 3(1)(x) of the said Act is not made out and therefore, the application for anticipatory bail is maintainable. It is apparent that the said complaint has been filed an afterthought after the applicants were released on bail in the complaint filed by her son vide FIR I-209/2009. In any event, custodial interrogation of the applicants is not necessary. 5 Hence, in the event of the applicants arrest in connection with C.R.No.II-114/2009, the applicants be released on bail in the sum of Rs. 5000/- each with one or two sureties in the like amount. They shall report to the concerned Police Station as and when called. 6 The applications is disposed of. (V.M. KANADE, J.) 4