1 mpt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 963 of 2010 Narendra Mohan Nayak & Anr ... Applicants versus The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent ... Mr.Nitin Sejpal with Ms.Pooja Bhojane for the applicant. Mrs.A.A. Mane APP for the State. CORAM : D.G. KARNIK, J. DATED : 9th March 2010 P.C. 1. Heard. 2. By this application, applicants seeks pre-arrest bail in connection with C.R.No.I-453 of 2009 registered u/s.4522, 394, 392, 326, 420, 406, 504, 506(II) r/w section 34 of the IPC. 3. On a private complaint bearing Criminal Application No.704 of 2009 filed before the JMFC, Thane, learned Magistrate directed investigation u/s.156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure in respect of an alleged offence which had taken place in the year 2007. The police registered a crime and pending investigation, 2 apprehending arrest, the applicants applied for a pre-arrest bail before the Sessions Court by an order dated 20th January 2010 passed in Criminal Application No.5 of 2010, learned District Judge III and Addl. Sessions Judge, Thane granted pre-arrest bail. As usual, he directed that the order of bail would remain in force for a certain period viz. till 15th March 2010. 4. The grievance of the applicants is that the investigation is not complete. No charge-sheet is filed and as no proceedings are pending before the Sessions Court, they cannot apply for regular bail before the Sessions Court. They therefore pray for extension of the period of the anticipatory bail. In my view, the period of pre-arrest bail can be extended upto the date of filing of the charge-sheet. Hence, I pass the following order:- O R D E R The order of the Sessions Judge dated 20th January 2010 is modified to the extend that the pre-arrest bail shall remain valid till the date of the filing of the charge-sheet whereafter, the applicant may, if they so desire, may apply to the court for regular bail. With this modification, application is disposed of. (D.G. KARNIK,J.)