IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE APPELLATE SIDE APPELLATE SIDE CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1529 OF 2008 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1529 OF 2008 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1529 OF 2008 1. Shri Sunil Madhukar Khot. 2. Shri Rajendra Vasant Bhoir. ... Applicants. V/s. The State of Maharashtra. ... Respondent. A.P.Mundargi, senior counel i/b. K.S.Patil for the applicants. S.R.Shinde, A.P.P. for the State. CORAM: V.C.DAGA, J. CORAM: V.C.DAGA, J. CORAM: V.C.DAGA, J. DATED: 27th June 2008. DATED: 27th June 2008. DATED: 27th June 2008. P.C.: P.C.: P.C.: ---- ---- ---- . Heard learned counsel for the applicants and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. By this application, the applicants are seeking bail in connection with C.R.No.I-89/2007 registered with Dombivali Police Station, Thane for the offences punishable under sections 302, 147, 148, 149, 341, 342, 364, 323 of the Indian Penal Code and sections 4 and 25 of the Arms Act on the complaint lodged by one Shri Pravin Mangal Naik. 3. The F.I.R. dated 3rd May, 2007 very much implicates the present applicants in commission of offence alleged. In the supplementary statement of the complainant dated 4th May, 2007, a specific role is assigned to the present applicants implicating them in the offence alleged. 4. The principles laid down by the Apex Court in the case of Satish Jaggi v. State of Chhatisgarh Satish Jaggi v. State of Chhatisgarh Satish Jaggi v. State of Chhatisgarh, AIR 2007 (Supp) 256 make it manifest that while granting bail in serious offences, it is necessary to see the gravity of the offence and its impact on the democratic fabric of the society. At the premature stage of considering the application for bail, it is not required to go into the question of credibility and reliability of the witnesses put up by the prosecution. 5. In view of the above, considering the gravity of the offence and the possibility of the applicants pressurising prosecution witnesses, I do not think this is a fit case for grant of bail. 6. In the result, application is rejected. JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE