1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 4903 OF 2009 Nuruddin Bursanoddin Kazi ...Applicant vs. The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent Ms.Priyal G. Sarda for the Applicant. Mr.H.J. Dedhia, APP for the State. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. DATED : NOVEMBER 9, 2009 P.C. :- 1 Heard Counsel for the applicant and APP for the State. 2 The present applicant has filed this application for anticipatory bail apprehending arrest in view of the complaint filed by one Harshad Sumatilal Baldota under Sections 420, 34 of the IPC in the court of Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Barshi. 2 3 Counsel for the applicant submits that the said complaint has been filed as a counter blast to the complaint filed by the applicant against the said complainant under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act on 3.11.2007. He submitted that the learned Magistrate was pleased to issue process on the said complaint which was served on the present complainant on 6.1.2009 and thereafter, the present private complaint has been filed by the said complainant in which he has alleged that the applicant original - accused no.1 along with accused no.2 had blackmailed the said complainant. 4 There is some substance in the submission made by the Counsel for the applicant. In my view, the custodial interrogation of the applicant is not necessary. Prima facie, it does appear that only after the process which was issued on the complaint filed by the applicant against the complainant 3 herein and the said process was served on him, thereafter, the present complaint has been filed. In any event, in a case like this, custodial interrogation of the applicant is not necessary. 5 The applicant has, therefore, made out a case for grant of anticipatory bail. The applicant in the event of his arrest in connection with the complaint filed by the complainant in the court of Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Barshi, in M.A. No.286/2009 which is now registered with the Barshi police station as per the direction given by JMFC, Barshi, the applicant be released on bail in the sum of Rs.5000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. The applicant shall co-operate with the police and shall report to the police station once a week for a period of four weeks and thereafter, once in a month. 6 The application is disposed of. (V.M. KANADE, J.)