1 12.apln3140-10 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MUMBAI CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.3140 OF 2010 Mr.Shadab Ameer Anwari. ..Applicant. Versus The State of Maharashtra. ..Respondent. .......... Mr.Bilal Chougule, Advocate for the applicant. Mr.K.V. Saste, A.P.P., for the State. .......... CORAM : A.R.JOSHI, J. DATED : 19TH JULY, 2010 P.C. 1. Heard rival submissions for sometime on this application for anticipatory bail preferred by the applicant apprehending his arrest by Mumbra police station in C.R. no. 73 of 2008 for the offence punishable under Section 307 read with 34 of Indian Penal Code. 2. The allegations against the applicant are that on 15.2.2008, there was some assault on the son of the complainant and during which the present applicant and co- 2 12.apln3140-10 accused caught hold of both the hands of the victim and another co-accused assaulted the victim on his abdomen by means of knife causing severe bleeding injury. After the incident, all the accused left the spot. It is significant to note that in the statement recorded by the police of the injured immediately on the date of the incident, name of the present applicant is not mentioned. However, it is appearing in the statement only after about 12 days by way of statements of other witnesses and it appeared in the further statement of the injured after about 27 days. Considering these circumstances, the applicant is protected for limited period for about a week and by that time, he is to surrender before the concerned Court and ask for regular bail. Hence the order :- :: O R D E R :: [i] The applicant to surrender before the concerned Court within a period of one week from today. Till that time, he is protected from arrest in the 3 12.apln3140-10 present case. The Court which will be seized of such regular bail application shall not be influenced by the observations made in the present order so far as merits of the said bail application are concerned. [ii] With these directions, present criminal application is disposed of. (A.R.JOSHI,J.) ppd