..(1).. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.2740 OF 2008 1. Shri.Vijayraj Anant Khule, & 2. Shri.Pramod Ramchandra Ghosalkar. ..Applicants. Versus Versus Versus The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent. .... Mr.Balkrishna Joshi, Adv. for applicants. Mr.V.B.Konde-Deshmukh, APP, for State. .... CORAM : SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J. CORAM : SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J. CORAM : SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J. DATED : 21st August, 2008. DATED : 21st August, 2008. DATED : 21st August, 2008. P.C.: 1. Heard the learned Advocate for the Applicants and the learned APP for the State. 2. The applicant are seeking anticipatory bail in C.R.No.103 of 2008 of Roha Police Station, District : Raigad. The said case is mainly under Sections 307, 395, 397 of IPC. 3. Six contract labourers were terminated by Sudarshan Chemicals Limited. On account of this, there was agitation on behalf of the contract labourers and their Unions for taking them back. ..(2).. Due to this, the police bandobasta was kept at the factory premises. On the day of the incident, crowd consisting of about 200-250 persons had gathered at a distance of 1 km. from the factory. They obstructed the vehicles going to the factory. People in the crowd started pelting stones. Stones were pelted at police personnel who were on bandobasta duty and on their vehicles. Two police jeeps were damaged in the incident. The police had to open firing to control the mob. Due to this four persons were injured in the incident. The prosecution case is that, both the applicants are office-bearers of Raigad District Party. They had also attended the meeting with the Officers of Sudarshan Chemical Company in respect of termination of the workers. 4. There is no witness who states that any of the applicants pelted stones on any one or on the police personnel or their vehicles. There is no material to show that the present applicants personally caused any damage to the police vehicles or caused any hurt to any person in the incident. The mob was consisting of 200-250 persons and it is the prosecution case that the ..(3).. applicants were part of the mob. 5. Looking to the fact that no specific role has been assigned by any of witnesses to any of the applicants and looking to the fact that Manojkumar Shinde who is similarly situated as the present applicants has been released on anticipatory bail, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the applicants. 6. In the event of arrest, the applicants - Shri.Vijayraj Anant Khule, & Shri.Pramod Ramchandra Ghosalkar to be released on bail in the sum of Rs.30,000/- with one or two sureties to make up the said amount. The applicant shall report to Roha Police Station everyday for a period of 10 days starting from 25.8.2008 between 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. and thereafter as and when required, till conclusion of the trial. 7. Criminal Application is disposed of accordingly. (SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.) (SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.) (SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.)