3.cr wp 2074-10.doc RMA IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 2074 OF 2010 Truptesh Harshal Shroff & Ors .. Petitioners Vs The State of Maharashtra .. Respondent Mr. M.A. Chaudhari for the Petitioners Mr. V.B. Konde-Deshmukh, APP for the State Mr. Nimish Desai for the First Informant CORAM : SMT. V.K. TAHILRAMANI, J DATE : 9th SEPTEMBER, 2010. P.C.: 1. Heard learned advocate for the petitioners, learned advocate for first informant and learned APP for the State. 2. Leave to amend. Amendment to be carried out forthwith. 3. The petitioners are seeking quashing of FIR No. 125 of 2010 of Powai Police Station. The said FIR was lodged on 18th March, 2010 in relation to accident which occurred on 11th October, 2009. The case is under Section 324, 323, 504 read with 34 of IPC as well as Section 3(1)(X) of the Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989. 1 3.cr wp 2074-10.doc 4. At present, investigation in the said case is at an initial stage, hence I am not inclined to quash the said FIR. However, learned advocate for the petitioners states that petitioner no. 2 is a young lady and petitioner no. 3 is over 62 years of age, hence he prayed that the applicants may at least be granted anticipatory bail. In view of Section 18 of the Act and in view of averments in the FIR, it is difficult to grant anticipatory bail. However, looking to the averments in FIR, I find that it is a fit case to grant bail. Hence, I am inclined to grant bail to the applicants. The applicants are present before the Court. So also, the I.O. is present before the Court. The applicants have surrendered to the custody of I.O in the present case. In view of the fact that now the applicants are in custody, I am inclined to release them on bail. Hence, the following order: O R D E R 1. The petitioners i.e 1. Truptesh Harshal Shroff, 2. Sapna Truptesh Shroff, 3. Harshad Bhagilal Shroff, 4. Mahendra Pratap Singh, 5. Manjunath K. Pallan and 6. Shashikant M. Shenoy be released on executing Personal Bond of Rs. 5000/- each. 2. Mr. Chaudhary states that his prayer is limited only to grant of anticipatory bail and as far as other prayers are concerned, he seeks liberty to move for appropriate 2 3.cr wp 2074-10.doc relief before the appropriate forum including this Court at a later stage. Liberty as prayed is granted. 3. The application is disposed of. [SMT. V.K. TAHILRAMANI, J.] 3