FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1997/2009 Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders Court's or Judge's orders Dilip Jagannath Joshi . . .Applicant Versus The State of Maharashtra .. Respondents Shri U.B.Bondar, Adv. For the applicant Smt.S.B.Wadmare, APP for respondent CORAM : A.V.Nirgude, J. DATE : 16.07.2009 The applicant is seeking anticipatory bail in crime no. 39/2009, dt. 14/5/2009, registered with Sonpeth Police Station, Dist. Parbhani, for the offence punishable under Section 436, 143, 147, 149, 504 IPC. The incident of arson took place, according to the prosecution, on 14/5/2009 at about 1.30 pm in the agricultural field of the complainant's brother and one Madhavacharya. It is alleged that, the applicant and eight others entered the field. They were armed with sticks. They declared that, they would get the agricultural field vacated. So saying they started removing household articles from a small hut in the field. Soon thereafter two other accused set the hut on fire. The applicant's role was that he was present at the scene of the offence with a stick in his hands. The complainant specifically mentioned the applicant as member of the unlawful assembly, however, other witnesses did not name him as, probably, they did not know the identity of the applicant. In view of the fact that, there is a long-standing enmity between the parties over the agricultural field, there is possibility of exaggeration. The applicant, therefore, deserves protection. In the event of the arrest of the application in connection with the above crime, he be released on bail on executing a bond of Rs.5,000/- (Rupees five thousand only) with one surety in the like amount. The application disposed of. (A.V.Nirgude,J) sjv/cri1997-2009