1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR. CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1647 OF 2010 (Penta Korake Made and others .v. 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. Shri R.S. Kurekar, Advocate for the applicants. Shri P.V. Bhoyar, APP for the respondent/State. CORAM : PRASANNA B. VARALE, J. 24TH NOVEMBER, 2010. Heard. By way of present application, the applicants are seeking regular bail for the offence punishable under Sections 201, 324, 143, 147, 148, 149, 365 of the Indian Penal Code vide Crime No. 03/2010 registered with the Police Station, Bamni, Taluka Sironcha, District Gadchiroli. Learned Counsel for the applicants submits that the bare perusal of the complaint lodged by one Malla Mara Made reveals that the complainant has not seen the incident. He further submits that there is no material to connect these applicants with the crime in question. He further submits that as per his instructions, some other accused are already released on bail vide order dated 13.07.2010 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Gadchiroli. He, therefore, submits that the applicants are also entitled to be released on bail on the ground of parity. Learned APP strongly opposes the application. Reply is filed. The material collected by the investigating agency is placed on record. Perusal of the statements of the eye witnesses show that on 28.03.2010, a meeting was called and in the meeting, the applicants were present. In the said meeting, a grievance was raised by these persons that son of the complainant i.e. Sanny was giving threats about lodging of the report. The complainant Malla Mara Made was subjected to assault and because of the assault, he sustained injuries on head, ears and on his back. In the meeting, 2 it was informed by one Malla Dharma Mujun that the son of the complainant Sanny was also subjected to assault. The statements of the witnesses namely Rama Joga Veladi, Mutti Malla Mujum specifically show that the applicants had actively participated in the assault on the son of complainant Sanny. The incident of assault on Sanny took place in front of home of one Malla Dharma Mujun and the statement of Malla Dharma Mujun reveals that the applicants were armed with sticks, sickle and Sanny was subjected to brutal assault. It is also revealed that the incident took place in the evening and witnessed by some other villagers also. The apprehension is also expressed that the witnesses are tribals of the said locality and if the applicants are released on bail, they may pressurise these witnesses and tamper with the prosecution evidence. In view of the material placed on record, I am of the opinion that there is prima facie strong material against the applicant. In the result, the application is rejected. JUDGE *rrg.