ABA-423-11==.sxw 1 Dixit IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO.423 OF 2011 Ketan Ramesh Chavan & Ors. ... Applicants V/s. State of Maharashtra, Thru’ Kalachowki Police Station, Mumbai ... Respondent Mr. Aabaad Ponda with Mr. Sanjay Udeshi with Mr. Mahesh Londhe, i/b. Sanjay Udeshi & Co., for the Applicants. Mrs. A.A. Mane, APP, for the Respondent. The I.O. is present. CORAM:- A.M. THIPSAY, J. DATED :- 20 TH JUNE, 2011. P.C. : 1. Heard. 2. The Applicant Nos.1 to 6 have already been granted anticipatory bail by an order dated 11th May, 2011. By the same order, the present Applicant, however, was granted only an interim protection and his application was kept for final hearing. The only reason for making a distinction between the Applicant No.7 and the other Applicants seems to be that the statement was made by the learned APP, on the instructions of the I.O., that two other criminal cases were pending against this Applicant i.e. Applicant No.7. The Court wanted the learned Counsel for the Applicant to reply to this aspect of the matter. ABA-423-11==.sxw 2 Dixit 3. Today, Mr. Ponda agrees that two criminal cases are pending against the Applicant No.7. Both the cases are relating to the offences punishable under Sections 504 IPC and 506 (Part II) IPC read with Section 34 of the IPC. 4. Thus, though there exists a difference between the case of the present Applicant, i.e. Applicant No.7, and the case of Applicant Nos.1 to 6, on taking a comprehensive view of the matter, I do not find that it would be proper to treat the Applicant No.7 very differently from the other Applicants for the purpose of bail. The alleged incident had taken place in the quarrel and fight that took place in the meeting of residents with the Developer under the SRA Scheme and in the presence of local leaders. No specific or active role has been attributed to this Applicant in the incident. 5. The accused in the cross case have also been released on bail. It appears that one of them was possessing a fire arm at the time of incident. 6. Considering all these aspects, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the Applicant No.7 also. 7. In the event of his arrest in C.R. No.66 of 2011 of Kalachowki Police Station, Mumbai, the Applicant No.7 be released on bail in the sum of Rs.15,000/-, with one surety in like amount, on the condition to attend the Police Station everyday, between 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., for a period of ten days from tomorrow, and, thereafter, as and when required by the Investigating Officer. [A.M. THIPSAY, J.]