1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR. CRIMINAL APPLICATION NOs.4373 OF 2008, 4339/2008 and 4341/2008 _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. Court's or Judge's orders ______________________________________________________________________________________________ S/Shri R. M. Daga, PN Mehta Advocates for applicant in respective applications. Shri Doifode, APP for respondent-State. CORAM : R.C.CHAVAN, J. DATED : DECEMBER 18, 2008. These three applications for anticipatory bail are filed by accused, who have reported against each other in respect of the same incident in Crime No. 254/2008 and 255/08 of Police Station, Gondia City. The offences are registered under Sections 143,147,148,149, 307 of Penal Code and Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes(Prevention and Atrocities) Act, in respect of one group, and in respect of the other group, all the offences except one of Section 3(1)(x) Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention and Atrocities) Act, is registered. Both the parties have filed affidavits of victims in cases stating that they have amicably resolved the issue. There is no enmity between the two groups now. The learned APP submitted that this amount to tampering with the witnesses and therefore, he has opposed for grant of pre-arrest bail. 2 At this stage, the question of commission of offence is not been decided. The Investigating Officer can still collect all evidence in order to put the parties to trial. This can be ensured by directing the parties to appear at the police station as and when required by the Investigating Officer. In view of this, all the three applications are allowed. In the event of arrest of the applicants, the applicants be released on furnishing PR Bond of Rs.25,000/- each with one each solvent surety each in the like amount, on the condition that they shall attend the P. S. Gondia City on 22/12/2008 at 7.00 pm. and thereafter as and when required by the Investigating Officer. The applications are disposed of accordingly. Hamdast allowed. JUDGE andurkar.