1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR. CRIMINAL APPLICATION (ABA) NO.5/2011 (Sk. Haroon s/o Sk. Babamiya and three others .vrs. State of Maharashtra) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions Court's or Judge's orders. and Registrar's orders Mr. A.J. Thakkar, Advocate for applicants, Mr. J.B. Jaiswal, APP for non-applicant/State. .......... CORAM : P.D. KODE, J DATED : JANUARY 28, 2011 Heard. Learned counsel for the applicants has stated that he may be permitted to withdraw the application for applicant no.1 and made further request for protecting him for some time to enable the said applicant to approach the trial court for the purposes of regular bail. Learned APP has stated that the injured Faridabee is out of danger. Learned APP has not refuted the statement made by the learned counsel for the applicants that the applicants had regularly attended the investigating officer after passing of last order in accordance with the conditions imposed while granting interim protection. 2 After perusal of the diary and particularly the first statement of the victim recorded by the Special Executive Magistrate, her subsequent statement dated 29.11.2010, applicant nos.2 to 4 being ladies and the allegations in the prosecution material against their being of generalized nature, ad-interim order granted deserves to be confirmed after considering their case in light of the guidelines in paragraphs 122 to 125 laid down by the Apex Court in the case of Siddharam Satlingappa Mhetre .vrs. State of Maharashtra and others, reported in 2010 (12) Scale 691. The ad-interim protection granted in favour of applicant nos.2 to 4 is hereby confirmed on the same terms and conditions, except the modification that the said applicants shall attend investigating officer on every alternate Monday, until filing of chargesheet. The application made by applicant no.1 stands disposed of as withdrawn. However, the protection granted to him to continue up till 10.2.2011, subject to abide the conditions so far imposed and surrendering before the trial court before the said date. The application stands disposed of. Hamdast allowed. JUDGE Gulande