1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JUTISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 4641 OF 2009 Rahul Vishwanath Gaikwad ....Applicant. V/s State of Maharashtra .... Respondent. Mr. Rupesh Bobade for the applicant. Mr. Y.M. Nakhwa, APP for the State. CORAM: V.M. KANADE, J. DATE : 4TH NOVEMBER, 2009 P.C.: 1. Heard the learned Counsel for the applicant and the learned APP for the State. 2. Applicant apprehends arrest in connection with the offence punishbale under sections 395, 504, 506 of the Indian Penal Code which has been registered at Kurduwadi Police Station vide C.R. No.118 of 2009. 3. According to the applicant, this complaint has been 2 filed as a counter-blast to the complaint which was registered by the applicant’s brother vide C.R. No.116 of 2009 on 5/7/2009 against the present complainant and other co-accused for the offence punishable under sections 307, 324, 147, 148, 149 of the Indian Penal Code. It is submitted that in the said complaint it is alleged that the present complainant and the other co- accused assaulted the applicant and others as a result of which they had suffered grievous injuries and they had to be admitted in the hospital. After the said complaint was registered, the present false complaint has been filed. 4. The only allegation in the present complaint which is filed against the applicant herein is that he had snatched one gold chain from the complainant Babasaheb Gavali. It is submitted that the only offence which is registered is under sections 395, 504 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code and no complaint is registered under sections 323 and 324 of the Indian Penal Code. Pursuant to the interim protection granted by this Court, a direction was given to the applicant to attend the concerned Police Station and the applicant has attended the Police Station daily. Under these circumstances, therefore, in my view, further custodial interrogation of the applicant is not necessary, more particularly when the complaint filed by the 3 brother of the applicant is prior in point of time to the complaint filed by the present complainant in this case. 5. Applicant, in the event of his arrest in connection with C.R. No.118 of 2009 registered at Kurduwadi Police Station for the offence punishable under sections 395, 504, 506 of the Indian Penal Code, be released on bail in the sum of Rs 5000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. He shall report to the concerned Police Station as and when called till the filing of the charge-sheet and, thereafter, once in a month. 6. Application is disposed of. (V.M. KANADE, J.)