IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 4246 OF 2006 Sudhakarrao Baburao Mogal and others ... Applicants Versus The State of Maharashtra ... Respondents Mr. Vinod Shah for the applicants. Mr. Manoj S. Mhambray, Additional Public Prosecutor, for the State. CORAM: H.S. BEDI , C.J. DATE: NOVEMBER 24, 2006. P.C. The applicants have been prosecuted for offences punishable under Sections 143, 147, 148, 506, 427, 436, 353 of the Indian Penal Code and under Section 135 of the Bombay Police Act. The accused were arrested on 20th November, 2006 and are being held in custody since then. The applicants are agriculturists agitating under the auspices of the Shetkari Sanghatana for a better deal for farmers. They are not common criminals. The learned counsel for the applicants has submitted that an offence punishable under Section 436 is not made out and that there was no reason for rejecting the application for bail filed by the Applicants in the Sessions Court. In view thereof, the applicants are entitled bail on the following conditions: (i) The applicants be released on bail in connection with Cr. No. 1- 122/2006 registered at Niphad Police Station, Nashik, on executing a personal bond in the sum of Rs.5,000/- (Rupees Five thousand only) each with two local sureties in the like amount. (ii) The applicants shall report to the concerned Police Station once in a week between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. during the pendency of the trial. (iii) The applicants shall not leave the city limits of Nashik without prior permission of the trial Court. The application is disposed of accordingly. CHIEF JUSTICE