IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.725 OF 2005 Virupaksha Narayan Kulkarni ...Applicant Versus State of Maharashtra ...Respondent ...... Mr.Prakash Naik for Applicant. Mr.K.V.Saste, A.P.P. for Respondent. ...... CORAM: A.M.KHANWILKAR, J. CORAM: A.M.KHANWILKAR, J. CORAM: A.M.KHANWILKAR, J. FEBRUARY 4, 2005. FEBRUARY 4, 2005. FEBRUARY 4, 2005. P.C. P.C. P.C. 1. Not on Board. Upon mentioning, taken on Board. 2. As the Applicant has directly approached this Court, learned A.P.P. is justified in saying that the Applicant should first approach the Sessions Court for the same relief. 3. Counsel for the Applicant submits that as : 2 : the Applicant apprehends threat to his life and also arrest, he may be given limited protection to enable him to apply before the Sessions Court in view of the objection raised. 4. Accordingly, this Application is disposed of with direction to the Respondent State not to arrest the Applicant till 9th February 2005 to enable the Applicant to move the concerned Sessions Court by way of appropriate relief, if so advised. 5. This order is not an expression of opinion on the merits of the case, nor the basis to decide the proposed application to be taken out by the Applicant. A.M.KHANWILKAR, J.