1 abs FARAD CONTINUATION IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 853 OF 2010 1. Rajesh Vishnu Salunkhe 2. Rupesh Madan Salunkhe 3. Sunil Suresh Pawar .. Applicants V/s The State of Maharashtra .. Respondent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Court's or Judge's Orders Coram, appearances, Court's Orders or directions and Registrar's Orders Mr. M.K. Kocharekar for the applicants. Mr. A.S. Gadkari, A.P.P. for the State. CORAM : D.G. KARNIK, J. DATE : 3RD MARCH 2010 P.C. : 1. Heard. 2. By this application, the applicants seek pre-arrest bail in connection with C.R. No. I-15 of 2010 registered at Vadgaon Police Station, District Thane, for an alleged offence 2 punishable under sections 307, 323, 504, 506 read with 34 of the I.P.C. 2. At the relevant time, the applicant no.1 was working as a Police Patil. The complainant and others had given an application for removal of the applicant no.1 from the post of Police Patil. One of the ground for removal application appears to be that an offence was registered against the applicant no.1 for extortion. On 9th February 2010, the applicant no.1 along with other applicants assaulted the complainant Sanjay Raj Pawar with a sickle on account of the application made by the complainant for removal of the applicant from the post of Police Patil. Injury certificate shows lacerated wounds suffered by the complainant which are stated to be grievous injuries and are possible by a sickle. Prima facie, there is no reason to disbelieve the statement made by the complainant. The sickle used by the applicant no.1 is yet to be recovered. The other 3 applicants have also used sticks and other weapons which are also yet to be recovered. 4. Learned A.P.P. submits that the custody of the applicants is necessary for recovery of the weapons used for the offence. In my view, this is not a fit case to grant pre-arrest bail to the applicants. Hence, the application is rejected. (D.G. KARNIK, J.)