IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPLICATION NO. 3134 OF 2009 Somnath Sharadchandra Pangawe........ Applicant versus The State of Maharashtra ........Respondent. Mr. Shirish Gupta Sr. counsel i/b. Sharmila Kaushik adv. For the Applicant Mr. Rajesh More APP For the State. CORAM: A. P DESHPANDE, J. DATED : 20th July, 2009. P. C.: 1. By consent of the learned counsel appearing for the parties, the application is taken up for final hearing and disposal. The applicant is accused for commission of offence punishable under sections 143, 147, 148, 149, 307, 323, 336, 353, 427 & 504 of IPC read with section 37(1)(3) and 135 of B.P. Act vide C.R. No. 264/08 registered with Wanwadi Police station, Pune. 2. The dispute which gave raise to the incident pertains to a piece of land which members of Mahar community claims to have been allotted to them as a watan land. At a later point of time it came to be alloted by order passed by the Collector in favour of the builder/developer M/s. Harshavardhan Construction Company. The applicant is President of a political outfit known as “Lashkar-E Bhima” of Pune unit. Members of this “Leshkar-E Bhima” assembled with a view to demonstrate against the allotment to construction company, at the place of the incident. The security guards who were posted by the company fired gun shots resulting in injuries to two of the members of the demonstrating group resulting in registration of C.R. No. 263/08 under section 307 of IPC. The members of the demonstrating organization also assaulted the security guards resulting in registration of C.R. No. 264/08. In the above fact situation the present criminal application is moved by the applicant seeking anticipatory bail as he apprehends arrest at the hands of the police in relation to the said incident and the offence. It is brought to my notice that already the charge sheet has been filed. Hence the applicant can move the Sessions Court for seeking regular bail by surrendering before the Sessions Court. In this view of the matter I propose to protect the applicant for a period of 15 days for which period only this order shall operate. Hence the order. 4. In the event of arrest of the applicant in C.R. No. 264/08 registered with Wanwadi police station for offences under sections 143, 147, 147, 148, 323 326 an 504 of IPC and under section 37(1)(3) and 135 of B. P. Act the applicant be released on furnishing personal bond in the sum of Rs. 50,000/- with one or more sureties in the like amount. 5. This order shall remain in force only for a period of 15 days within which period the applicant shall appear before Sessions Court and apply for regular bail. The applicant shall also abide by conditions stipulated under sec. 438(2) of Cr.P.C. 6. The parties to act on an authenticated copy of this order. (A. P. Deshpande, J.)