IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1716 OF 2006 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1716 OF 2006 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1716 OF 2006 1. Shri Pravin Prakash Limkar, 2. Shri Amar Shantaram Nakate. ...Applicants V/s. State of Maharashtra. ...Respondent Shri Shekhar A. Ingawale for Applicants. Shri Y.S. Shinde, APP for the State. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. DATED : MAY 3, 2006 DATED : MAY 3, 2006 DATED : MAY 3, 2006 P.C. :- P.C. :- P.C. :- . Heard learned Counsel for the applicants and learned APP for the State. 2. The applicants were arrested in connection with an offence punishable under Sections 392, 323 of the IPC. It is alleged that the applicant snatched a gold chain of the complainant and extorted cash of Rs.12,720/-. 3. Learned Counsel for the applicants submits that one of the applicants himself is a jeweller and gold smith and has a shop in Kolhapur. There was previous enmity between the complainant and one of the applicants. He invited my attention to the number of complaints which are filed against the complainant. 4. So far, no recovery has been made at the - 2 - instance of the applicants. In this view of the matter, the applicants be released on bail in the sum of Rs.10,000/- each with one or two sureties in the like amount. The applicants shall report to the concerned police station as and when they are called till the filing of the chargesheet and thereafter, once in a month. 5. The applicants shall not tamper with the evidence or threaten the witnesses. If any complaint is received by the Investigating Officer, the Public Prosecutor is at liberty to file an application for cancellation of bail. 6. The trial Court shall not be influenced by any observations made by this Court while deciding the application and the same shall not be construed as an expression of opinion on merits of the case. . The application is disposed of. (V.M. Kanade, J.) (V.M. Kanade, J.) (V.M. Kanade, J.)