1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR. Criminal Application No. 59 of 2010 Mahendra and anr v. State of Maharashtra -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. Court's or Judge's Orders. Mr A.V. Gupta, Adv for applicants Mr S.B. Ahirkar, APP for State Coram : A.P. Bhangale, J Dated : 4th February 2010 1. Applicants are apprehending their arrest in Crime No. 261/09 registered with Police Station, Buldana City for offences under Sections 420, 465, 468, 471 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code. After detailed reply is filed by the State, learned counsel for applicants sought permission to withdraw the application. However, prayer for withdrawal has been rejected. 2. Heard learned counsel for applicants and learned APP for State. One Mangala Gulabrao Shelke lodged report that applicants, accused Sachin and his wife Rajani extracted amount of Rs. 3.50 lacs from her on allurement that they would manage employment for her son and her nephew in the District Court, Buldana. The money was collected in the name of District Judge, Buldana. False assurances and allurements given by the accused have been recorded in cell-phone by the complainant. 2 Videography of certain event revealed that present applicants are also involved in the crime. There is complaint that applicants have threatened the witnesses. Looking to the serious allegations and material collected against the applicants, custodial interrogation of the applicants would be necessary. If anticipatory bail is granted to the applicants, it would send wrong message in the society at large. There is no case made out for grant of pre-arrest bail to the applicants. Application is rejected. Judge. hsj