AJN 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATINON NO.619 OF 2008 IN CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1421 OF 2007 R.V. Bhasin, ... Applicant Vs. State of Maharashtra & Anr. ... Respondents And Indian Union Muslim League ... Applicant/Intervenor AND CRIMINAL APPLICATINON NO.157 OF 2009 IN CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1421 OF 2007 R.V. Bhasin, ... Applicant Vs. State of Maharashtra & Anr. ... Respondents And Maharashtra Muslim Lawyers Forum ... Applicant/Intervenor AJN 2 AND CRIMINAL APPLICATINON NO.158 OF 2009 IN CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1421 OF 2007 R.V. Bhasin, ... Applicant Vs. State of Maharashtra & Anr. ... Respondents And Islamic Research Foundation ... Applicant/Intervenor AND CRIMINAL APPLICATINON NO.159 OF 2009 IN CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1421 OF 2007 R.V. Bhasin, ... Applicant Vs. State of Maharashtra & Anr. ... Respondents And Jamat-e-Islami-e-Hind ... Applicant/Intervenor AND CRIMINAL APPLICATINON NO.160 OF 2009 IN AJN 3 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1421 OF 2007 R.V. Bhasin, ... Applicant Vs. State of Maharashtra & Anr. ... Respondents And Bombay Aman Committee ... Applicant/Intervenor Mr. J.P. Cama, senior counsel i/b. Mr. R.V. Bhasin for the applicant. Mr. Ravi Kadam, Advocate General with Mr. S.R. Borulkar, Public Prosecutor with Mrs. M.M. Deshmukh for the State. Mr. Y.H. Muchhala, senior counsel for the applicants/intervenors. CORAM : SMT. RANJANA DESAI, D.Y. CHANDRACHUD & R.S. MOHITE, JJJ. DATED : 20TH MARCH, 2009. P.C. :- 1. In these applications, the applicants have prayed that they may be added as party respondents or may be allowed to intervene in Criminal Application No.1421 of 2007. AJN 4 2. We have heard Mr. Muchhala, learned senior counsel appearing for the intervenors and Mr. Kadam, learned Advocate General appearing for the State of Maharashtra. We have also heard Mr. Cama, learned senior counsel appearing for the applicant. Mr. Kadam and Mr. Cama have opposed the application. 3. In the publication which forms the subject matter of these proceedings, a considerable effort has been made by the author to expound the meaning of certain Ayats from Koran. The meaning and interpretation of the Ayats has been the subject matter of the submissions made before the Court by learned senior counsel appearing on behalf of the applicant and learned Advocate General appearing for the State. In our view, it would be appropriate to allow the intervention application in order to enable the Court to be suitably assisted in finding the true meaning and content of the relevant Ayats from the Koran upon which the central theme of the book is based. AJN 5 Mr. Muchhala, learned senior counsel appearing on behalf of the intervenors has stated that he is representing all the intervenors and that he would fairly and objectively place the meaning and content of the relevant Ayats before the Court so as to enable the Court to arrive at a just decision of the case. We accordingly allow the intervention application. [SMT. RANJANA DESAI, J.] [D. Y. CHANDRACHUD, J.] [R.S. MOHITE, J.]