Cri. Appln. No. 2952/11 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 2952 OF 2011 Shankar s/o. Sonyabapu Gaikwad, R/o. Baburdi Ghumat, Tq. Nagar, District Ahmednagar. ....Applicant. Versus The State of Maharashtra ....Respondent. Mr. N.B. Narawade, Advocate for applicant. Mr. G.R. Ingole, APP for State/respondent. CORAM : T. V. NALAWADE, J. DATED : 21st July, 2011. PER COURT : 1. This application is filed for anticipatory bail in Cr. No. 136/2011 registered in Karjat Police Station, District Ahmednagar for offences punishable under sections 379, 34 etc. of IPC and also for few offences under the Forest Act. The papers of investigation were made available. Both the sides are heard. 2. The crime is registered on the basis of report given by one police officer. On the basis of secret information, raid was effected at the place where few huts were created and work of separating the central portion of sandalwood was going on. Present applicant was also present there and he ran away from the place. So many persons who were doing the Cri. Appln. No. 2952/11 2 work came to be arrested. Sandalwood worth more than Rs. 98,500/- came to be seized and some motorcycles also came to be seized. Implements and articles used for separation of central potion of sandalwood are also seized by the police. The name of present applicant was disclosed by his father, who was arrested on the spot. 3. The advocate of the applicant submitted that the other persons are released on bail. However, police custody remand was obtained against them. The sandalwood trees are cut in the night time and dangerous weapons are used by the thieves who cut the sandalwood trees even from the courtyards and residential places of private persons and from the campus of the Government. Such incidents are increasing day by day. In view of these circumstances and as the places from where the trees were cut need to be traced, this Court holds that custodial interrogation is must in this case. So the application stands rejected. [ T. V. NALAWADE, J.] ssc/criapln2952.11