1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY BENCH AT NAGPUR Cril.Appl.No.18 of 2010 Anilkumar Jinabhai Patel ..vs.. The State of Mah. =-=-=---=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Office Notes, Office Memorandum of Coram appearances, Court's orders or directions & Registrar's orders. Court's or Judges Order =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- C ORAM : C.L.PANGARKAR, J. DATED : 22nd June,, 2010. Heard Mr.Anil Mardikar Adv. for the applicants, Mr.Khandeweale Adv. for respondent no.2 and Mr.D.P.Thakre APP for respondent no.1. This application has been filed for quashing the order passed by the Additional Sessions Judge whereby he rejected an application for grant of extension to the bail granted by him earlier in MCA No.18 of 2009. The present accused/applicants had applied to the Sessions Judge for grant of an anticipatory bail in C.R.No.M/01/2006 of Maregaon Police Station. The learned Sessions Judge had granted the application and directed the accused to be released on bail in case of their arrest. However, it was further directed that the bail would remain in force for the period of two months only and liberty was granted to apply for regular bail. 2 Since the period of two months has lapsed, accused/applicants applied for extension of anticipatory bail already granted. That application came to be rejected. Hence, this application for quashing that order of rejection of extension. The learned APP for the State is unable to make a statement before the court as to whether charge-sheet in the matter as been filed and what is the stage of investigation. It appears that the charge-sheet has not as yet been filed. In the circumstances, I find that the accused/applicants are certainly entitled to extension of anticipatory bail already granted to them. The application is allowed. The order passed by the learned Sessions Judge rejecting the extension of bail therefore stands quashed and set aside. Instead, it is directed that the anticipatory bail granted to the accused shall continue to be in force until the charge-sheet is filed. As soon as the charge sheet is filed, the accused/applicants may apply for regular bail before the Magistrate, who may consider that application on merits. JUDGE. chute 3