1 Criminal Application No.5270/2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.5270 OF 2010 Chandrakant s/o Shivram Tuwar & ors. ... APPLICANTS VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & anr. ... RESPONDENTS ..... Shri C.A. Jadhav, Advocate holding for Shri V.D. Hon, Advocate for applicants Shri V.H. Dighe, A.P.P. for the respondent No.1. Shri R.D. Bhalerao, Advocate for respondent No.2. ..... CORAM : K.U. CHANDIWAL, J. DATE : 18th January, 2011 PER COURT : 1. Heard. The applicants are protected by ad-interim relief dated 21.12.2010 in an offence under Section 394 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code and under Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that, purchase of property by the applicants from Alkabai is the root cause of controversy. The cross complaints are pending between the parties. If any role is attributed, it is not to the present accused/ applicants, but to Yuvraj and even if he has antecedents, that will not come in 2 Criminal Application No.5270/2010 the way of present accused/ applicants. 2. Considering the role attributed to the accused/ applicants, and the nature of controversy of Alkabai selling the property in which the complainant feels a depression, injunction is operating to maintain status quo, custodial interrogation of the accused/ applicants not desired. Though several allegations are made in the affidavit-in-reply, however, that will not be germinating to reject the interim protection. Hence the interim relief referred above is made absolute. In addition, the accused/ applicants shall attend the investigator on every Sunday between 3.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. up to 30th April 2011. They will not coerce the witnesses. Application allowed. K.U. CHANDIWAL JUDGE fmp/cri527010