cra3018.11 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.3018 OF 2011 1) Yogesh s/o Shamsingh Rajput, Age-31 years, Occu:Agri., 2) Darasingh s/o Devisingh Rajput, Age-39 years, Occu:Agri., 3) Anandsingh s/o Daulatsingh Rajput, Age-65 years, Occu:Agri., 4) Devisingh s/o Daulatsingh Rajput, Age-67 years, Occu:Agri., 5) Indrasingh s/o Daulatsingh Rajput, Age-45 years, Occu:Agri., 6) Shamsingh s/o Daulatsingh Rajput, Age-47 years, Occu:Agri., 7) Gajendra Zulal Patil, Age-42 years, Occu:Agri., All are resident of Village-Uparpind, Tq-Shirpur, Dist-Dhule. ...APPLICANTS. VERSUS 1) The State of Maharashtra, Through In-charge Police Officer, Police Station-Shirpur, Tq-Shirpur, Dist-Dhule, cra3018.11 2 2) The Superintendent of Police, Dhule, Dist-Dhule. ...RESPONDENTS. ... Shri.P.R. Katneshwarkar Advocate for Applicants. Shri.S.G. Nandedkar, A.P.P. for Respondent Nos. 1 and 2. ... WITH CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.3169 OF 2011 1) Chetan Bansilal Patil, Age-41 years, Occu:Agril., 2) Dhanraj Bansilal Patil, Age-36 years, Occu:Agril., 3) Dnyaneshwar Santosh Patil, Age-27 years, Occu:Agril., 4) Sunil Diwan Patil, Age-32 years, Occu:Labour, All R/o- Mohadi Upa-Nsagar, Tq. and Dist-Dhule. ...APPLICANTS. VERSUS 1) The State of Maharashtra, (Through Superintendent of Police, Dhule, Dist-Dhule). ...RESPONDENT. cra3018.11 3 ... Shri.A.S. Sawant Advocate for Applicants. Shri.S.G. Nandedkar, A.P.P. for Respondent. ... CORAM: T.V. NALAWADE, J. DATE : 27TH JULY, 2011 PER COURT : 1. Both the Applications are filed for anticipatory bail. In both the matters, papers of investigation were made available. Advocate for the Applicants and A.P.P. for State are heard. 2. In respect of incident dated 13th June, 2011, two rival political groups of village Uparpind, gave reports to police. One group is headed by Deputy Sarpanch, Chetan, and other is headed by Gajendra Patil, who is member of same village panchayat. 3. In C.R. No.216 of 2011, the Deputy Sarpanch has made allegations that cash amount of cra3018.11 4 Rs.35,000/- was taken from his pocket by one of the persons, who assaulted him. In C.R. No.215 of 2011, the allegations are made by the complainant that Chetan Patil, Deputy Sarpanch, took the amount of Rs.50,000/- from his pocket when he was assaulted by Chetan and his persons. 4. The papers of investigation show that due to political rivalry, there was some incident and some exaggeration was made by both the sides. Both the F.I.R. are of similar nature. There is a possibility that some innocent persons are implicated by both the sides. In view of the circumstances, this Court holds that relief needs to be granted to both the sides, subject to some conditions. 2. Both the Criminal Applications are allowed. Interim relief granted by this Court in Criminal Application No.3018 of 2011, by order dated 15th July, 2011, is confirmed. Interim cra3018.11 5 relief granted by this Court in Criminal Application No.3169 of 2011, by order dated 22nd July, 2011, is confirmed. The Applicants in both the Applications are to appear before the Investigating Officer on every Sunday between 9.00 a.m. and 12.00 noon for the period of one month from today and they are to cooperate with the investigating agency during the interrogation. They are not to commit similar offence. If similar offence is committed by both the sides, the relief is liable to be cancelled. [T.V. NALAWADE, J.] asb/JULY11