11crn1286to1291-10 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MUMBAI CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION [1] CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1286 OF 2010 DAYARAM BRIJWALLABH MAURYA. ..APPLICANT. VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA ..RESPONDENT WITH [2] CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1287 OF 2010 KAILASH PAWAR. ..APPLICANT. VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA ..RESPONDENT WITH [3] CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1288 OF 2010 MEWALAL BHULLAN GUPTA. ..APPLICANT. VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA ..RESPONDENT 11crn1286to1291-10 2 WITH [4] CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1289 OF 2010 JAWAHALAL SHARMA. ..APPLICANT. VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA ..RESPONDENT WITH [5] CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1290 OF 2010 RAGHUVIR CHANDUBHAI JADEJA. ..APPLICANT. VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA ..RESPONDENT WITH [6] CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1291 OF 2010 GAUTAMPRASAD JANRDHAN TRIPATHI. ..APPLICANT. VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA ..RESPONDENT .... Mr.Ganesh Gole, Advocate i/b. D. Dwivedi, Advocate for the Applicants. Mr.K.V. Saste, A.P.P. for the State in Cri. Application Nos. 1286/2010 & 1287/2010. Mrs.A.S. Pai, A.P.P. for the State in Cri. Application Nos. 1288/2010 & 1289/2010. Mr.P.S. Hingorani, A.P.P. for the State in Cri. Application Nos. 1290/2010 & 1291/2010. .... 11crn1286to1291-10 3 CORAM : A.R.JOSHI, J. DATED : 08th JUNE, 2010 P.C. 1. Heard rival submissions at length in this group of six anticipatory bail applications. 2. As common question as to involvement or otherwise of the applicants, shop keepers of the rationing shops, is involved, all the applications are being disposed of by this common order. 3. On the complaint of Deputy Controller of Rationing, an offence was registered by Kandivali police station being C.R. No.17 of 2010 on 8th March, 2010 after two trucks loaded with 114 quintal wheat were seized on secret information by the flying squad of the Rationing Department. Names of the applicants - shop keepers of rationing shops were revealed. Surprise visits were made on the said shops 11crn1286to1291-10 4 and documents were seized. It is an allegation that the said shop owners have taken the stock of wheat for their respective shops from the Rationing Department under controlled price and sent it for sale in open market instead of selling it to the respective card holders allotted to their shops. 4. It is submitted during the arguments by learned A.P.P. that there are about more than 6000 ration cards attached to the ration shops being run by the present applicants and the investigation is at the crucial stage of visiting almost each and every card holder in order to ascertain whether the wheat is actually purchased by such card holders. 5. Prima facie there is an offence under the Essential Commodities Act and FIR is lodged by Deputy Controller of Rationing. It involves huge quantity of wheat rationing commodity. Considering such nature of allegations, it would not be in the fitness of the situation to grant the anticipatory bail applications, more particularly when the investigation is 11crn1286to1291-10 5 still going on at the crucial stage. Hence, present applications are disposed of with following order : :: O R D E R :: [i] Criminal Application Nos.1286/2010, 1287/2010, 1288/2010, 1289/2010, 1290/2010 and 1291/2010 for anticipatory bail stand rejected. [ii] All the interim orders in all the applications shall come to an end. (A.R.JOSHI,J.)