IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 5227 OF 2004 Mrs. Lata Lawrence D’Souza ... Applicant versus The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent ... Mr. Waris Pathan and Mr. Mahesh Patil, for the Applicant. Mr. A.S. Gadkari, A.P.P., for the Respondent. ... CORAM : A.M.KHANWILKAR,J. 6th December 2004 P.C.: . Heard Counsel for the parties. Having regard to the peculiar facts of the present case, and the Applicant being female, to my mind, it will be appropriate to grant limited protection to the Applicant to enable the Applicant to apply before the appropriate Court for regular bail. The Applicant not to be arrested till 13th December 2004 on or before which date the Applicant shall take out application for regular bail before the appropriate Court by giving advance notice to the investigating officer. The appropriate Court to decide the bail application, if the Applicant surrenders before the Court, on the same day; and if it is not possible to finally dispose of the bail application on the same day, the Court may grant ad interim order in favour of the Applicant, if so advised. This application is disposed of accordingly. . Parties to act on the authenticated copy of this order. (A.M.KHANWILKAR,J.)