..(1).. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1535 OF 2008 Ravindranath Harishchandra Angre. ..Applicant. Versus Versus Versus The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent. .... Mr.Satish Maneshinde, Adv. a/w. Sayaji D. Nagre, Adv. for the applicant. Ms.P.P.Shinde, APP, for the State. .... CORAM : SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J. CORAM : SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J. CORAM : SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J. DATED : 11th July, 2008. DATED : 11th July, 2008. DATED : 11th July, 2008. P.C.: 1. Heard the learned Advocate for the Applicant and the learned APP for the State. 2. The applicant is seeking bail in C.R.No.I-445 of 2007 of Naupada Police Station, Thane. The said case is under Sections 323, 392, 384, 504, 506 r/w. 34 and Sections 3 & 25 of Arms Act. 3. The applicant is a police officer. The complainant has stated that the applicant used to constantly telephone him and threaten him to transfer some property at Ram Maruti road in the ..(2).. name of the wife of the applicant. Not only the applicant used to give threats on telephone, but, the applicant also used to visit the house of the complainant and used to abuse the complainant as well as his wife and give them threats that he would murder them if the property was not transferred. 4. The complainant has stated that in April, 2007 when he was admitted in the hospital at that time the applicant again gave threats stating that the property should be transferred in the name of his wife. Thereafter, in May, 2007 the applicant went to the house of the complainant and he pointed out a fire arm at the head of the brother of the complainant and gave threats to murder him if the stamp papers and other blank papers brought by him were not signed by the complainant. As threat was given the complainant signed the said papers. The complainant then approached the M.L.A. in the area and asked him to intervene in the matter. The M.L.A. also tried to reason with the applicant. However, the applicant was in no state to listen. Infact the applicant thereafter started threatening the complainant that he would ..(3).. murder the two minor children of the complainant and he would also kill the complainant in an encounter. Again on 18.10.2007 at about 8:00 p.m. at night, the applicant telephoned the complainant and asked him to transfer some property in the name of his wife. Threats were given to murder the complainant. On that day at about 8:45 p.m., three gundas met the employee of the complainant and told him that the applicant had sent a message that he should transfer the property in the name of the wife of the applicant otherwise he would be murdered. On account of this, complaint came to be lodged on the very next date in the morning. 5. The statement of the complainant is corroborated by the statement of his wife as well as his brother Mahesh. So also the M.L.A. Mr.Eknath Shinde also corroborates the case of the complainant. It is seen that the applicant who is a police inspector has misused his position and post and has tried to take advantage of the same and he has indulged in a serious offence. 6. Mr.Maneshinde, the learned Advocate for the applicant submitted that the applicant is in ..(4).. custody since 22nd February, 2008 and as the investigation is over the custody of the applicant would not be necessary. He further submitted that the applicant being in police service he is not likely to abscond and he would available for the trial. As far as this aspect is concerned, it is seen that the applicant is in the police force. There is a long history of giving threats to the complainant and his family members. In such case, there is every apprehension that the applicant would further threaten the complainant and his family members. Moreover, it is seen that the applicant had earlier preferred an application for anticipatory bail which came to be rejected by the Sessions Court, High Court and finally the Supreme Court. The application for anticipatory bail came to be rejected by the Supreme Court on 10th January, 2008. However, thereafter the applicant was not traceable and he was absconding. The applicant came to be taken into custody on 22.2.2008. Looking to this conduct of the applicant and the other facts stated above , I do not think that this is a fit case to grant bail. Application for bail is rejected. ..(5).. (SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.) (SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.) (SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.)