1 criap-1262.07 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO 1262 OF 2007 1. Laxman s/o Babruwan Khandade, age 26 years, Occ. Agriculture. 2. Amit s/o Virendra Reddy, age 27 years, Occ. Education. 3. Ismail Lalabhai Shaikh, age 27 years, Occ. Business. 4. Suraj s/o Satyanarayan Bhutada, age 27 years, Occ. Business. All residents of Ahmedpur, Tal.Ahmedpur, Dist. Latur. Applicants versus 1. The State of Maharashtra, Through Police Station Incharge, Ahmedpur Police Station, Ahmedpur, Dist. Latur. 2. Superintendent of Police, Latur, Dist. Latur. 3. Bhausaheb Madhukar Kasbe, age 18 years, Occ. Education, r/o. Bhagya Nagar, Ahmedpur, Dist.Latur. Respondents ------- Shri R.R.Karpe, Advocate, for the applicants. Smt.S.D.Shelke, A.P.P. for Respondents no.1. ------- Coram: A.H.Joshi & A.R.Joshi, JJ. Date : 17th October, 2011. Oral Judgment (Per: A.H. Joshi, J.) 1. The application was entertained. Rule was issued and ad-interim relief was granted only in so far as 2 criap-1262.07 offence punishable under the provisions of Section 3(1) (x) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, is concerned. 2. Heard. Perused the F.I.R. registered for offence under Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, under Crime No.68/2007 with Ahmedpur Police Station. 3. It is not in dispute that the FIR is not expected to be encyclopedia and the aspect of caste not being mentioned in the FIR can be gone into in the course of investigation. 4. Interest of justice requires that the investigation be completed, however, the applicants can be granted protection against arrest. 5. We, therefore, therefore, dispose of the application and make the rule absolute, in following terms:- (a) Interim protection granted on 18.4.2007 shall continue for a period of four weeks from today. 3 criap-1262.07 (b) In the event the applicants have already appeared before the trial court and bail is granted to them, the interim protection granted by this court shall come to an end forthwith. (c) Rule is made partly absolute in above terms. (A.R.Joshi, J.) (A.H.Joshi, J.) pnd/criap-1262.07