1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUD ICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 168 /2010 [Vilas Ashok Mure @ Vilas Balu More vs State of Maharashtra) ..................................................................................................................................................................... Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's order of directions and Registrar's orders ..................................................................................................................................................................... Mr. Srikant J. Khandalkar, Adv. for applicant Mr C N Adgokar, , APP for respondent .......... CORAM : A.P.BHANGALE, J. DATED : FEBRUARY 25, 2010. Heard. 2 By means of this application, the applicant is praying for anticipatory bail in respect of Crime No.164/2009 reported at Shegoan Police Station on 23rd December, 2009, for offenc epunishable u/s 420 read with section 34 IPC. 3 The accusations against the applicant are serious. Anticipatory bail is stoutly objected on the ground that when first informant had been to Shegaon along with his friend Lalit Jethi, in order to pay obeisance to Lord Gajanan, two unknown persons approached them and on the pretext of making double the money, took Rs. 20,000/- from the first informant and Rs. 35,000/- from his friend Lalit Jethi and asked them to stay infront of the Gate of the temple. After some time, he came with the pot of vermillion (kumkum) and thereafter asked them to sit in the vehicle to go to worship and went towards the Bus Stop. Again, 2 the applicant asked them to give Rs. 15,000/ and thereafter a skirmish took place. In the melee, it is alleged that applicant took to his heels ; while one Sk. Feroz Sk.Ibrahim was caught red-handed came to be arrested. Thus, the applicant is avoiding his arrest. 4 Under these circumstances, an order under section 438 of the Cr.PC can not be allowed to be used as a shield against such serious accusations, which need to be investigated by custodial interrogation so as to avoid recurrence of such offence and brought to book the culprits. Application is rejected. JUDGE sahare