1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 197 /2010 [Ganesh Pralhad Shejole 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 S V Sirpurkar , Adv.for applicant Mr Anand Fulzele, APP for Respondent CORAM : A.P.BHANGALE, J. DATED : FEBRUARY 11, 2010. Heard. 2 This application was filed on 5.2.2010 seeking anticipatory bail in connection with Crime No. 11/2010 for offence punishable under section 379 read with section 34 registered at Shegaon Police Station,Dist. Buldana. Learned Advocate for the applicant states that there is dispute between the first informant and the present applicant as first informant has been constantly insisting upon the applicant to sell his agricultural land to him and gave threat that if the land is not sold he will kill the applicant. Accordingly, a report was lodged on 18.1.2010 at Shegaon Police Station by the present applicant. It is further contended that as such the applicant has not stolen any material from the agricultural land belonging to the first informant. The applicant is possessing JCB machine with truck which he is using in his own agricultural land. The first informant when aware of this, tried to blackmail the applicant by 2 insisting upon sale of agricultural land to him. 3 As yet no reply has been filed on behalf of the Respondent-State. Today also, learned APP seeks further time to file reply. Reply should have been filed by this time. Hence request at the instance of learned APP is rejected and the following order is passed:- 4 In the event of arrest of the applicant by SHO or Arresting Officer, Shegaon Police Station Buldana in connection with Crime No.11/2010 registered at Shegaon Police Station for offence punishable under section 379 read with section 34 IPC, he be released upon executing PR bond in the sum of Rs. 25,000/- with one or more sureties in the equal amount, with further conditions that the applicant shall attend the I.O. as and when required. He shall inform his fixed address with telephone/cell phone number, if any, and shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence in any manner. Further the applicant, after filing of charge-sheet, shall move the Court below for regular bail on merits. Humdast allowed. JUDGE sahare