1 ABA.482-11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.482 OF 2011 [FOR ANTICIPATORY BAIL] Ganpat Ramnath Ahwad and others. ..Applicants. Vs. The State of Maharashtra. ..Respondent. .......... Mr.Rajiv Patil, i/b. Mr.Onkar Warange, Advocate for the Applicants. Mrs.A.A. Mane, A.P.P. for the State. .......... CORAM : A.R. JOSHI, J. [VACATION COURT] DATED : 01st JUNE, 2011. P.C. 1. Heard rival submissions for sometime on this application for anticipatory bail preferred by 30 applicants / accused, apprehending their arrest in C.R. No.101 of 2011 registered with Sinnar City police station for the offences punishable under Sections 392, 395, 397, 324, 504, 506 & 427 of Indian PPD 2 ABA.482-11 Penal Code and also for the offences of rioting armed with deadly weapons. 2. The First Information Report in the present matter was lodged on the same day of the incident but at midnight time alleging that the video shooting camera of the first informant ( a press reporter ) has been ransacked, damaged and destroyed and his gold-ring was stolen and these acts were done by the persons in the mob – which was consisting of about 108 persons. 3. It appears that on 16.4.2011 there was some demonstration by the villagers including the present applicants concerning acquisition of their agricultural lands by one company. In the said demonstration there was Lathicharge by the police and the mob became violent and apparently when the incident of rioting was being picturized by the first informant in the present C.R., his video recording equipments were thrashed and destroyed by the persons in the mob. 4. It is a factual position that about 108 villagers were arrested on the same day of the incident i.e. on 16.4.2011 and 3 ABA.482-11 remained in custody for almost two weeks and were released subsequently on or about 2nd or 3rd May, 2011 on bail. The present applicants were some of the persons in said 108 villagers who had undergone the custody for two weeks. It is also factual position that out of the same incident of rioting present C.R. came to be lodged by the press reporter alleging that the people from the mob had ransacked the material as mentioned above. It is also a factual position that though for two weeks the present applicants were in custody for the offences registered at C.R. No.100/2011, their custody in the present C.R. was asked only after their release on bail. 5. Considering the rival submissions and considering that out of the same incident two different C.Rs. came to be lodged, later one being registered on the complaint of a press reporter with specific allegations of rioting, robbery and criminal intimidation, it would be in the fitness of the situation to grant the pre-arrest bail to the present applicants mainly considering their earlier custody for two weeks and their admitted availability to the investigating agency for interrogation even in 4 ABA.482-11 the present matter also. In that event, on certain conditions the present application is allowed and accordingly disposed of. Hence the order : :: O R D E R :: [i] In the event of arrest of the Applicants in C.R. No.101 of 2011 registered with Sinnar City Police Station, they shall be released on bail on their executing P.R. bond in the sum of Rs.10,000/- (Rs.Ten Thousand Only) each, with one surety in the like amount each. [iii] In the event of arrest and availing the bail, as above, the Applicants shall attend the concerned Police Station once in a week on every Sunday between 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon till filing of the chargesheet. [iv] Criminal Application is disposed of accordingly. (A.R. JOSHI, J.)