1 criap-2345.07 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 2345 OF 2007 1. Shaikh Latif s/o Sk. Rashid, age 30 years, occup. Labour, r/o Walmik Nagar, Jalna. 2. Sk. Bismillah s/o Sk. Nyamutullah age 23 years, occupation labour r/o Walmik Nagar, Jalna. 3. Sharif s/o Shabbir Parsuwale, age 24 years, occupation business, r/of Burhan Nagar, Jalna. 4. Ibrahim s/o Usman Parsuwale, age 21 years, occup. business, applicants/ r/of Burhan Nagar, Jalna. accused. versus 1. The State of Maharashtra 2. Sanju s/o Dharamveer Sarsat, age 18 years, occup. labour, r/of Walmik Nagar, Jalna. respondents ------- None for the applicants. Shri V.D.Godbharle A.P.P. for Respondent No.1. ------- Coram: A.H.Joshi & A.R.Joshi, JJ. Date : 17th October, 2011. Oral Judgment (Per: A.H. Joshi, J.) 1. The application was entertained. Rule was issued and ad- interim relief was granted. This was done in the background and on the point that caste of the accused was not mentioned in the FIR. 2. Heard. Perused the F.I.R. registered for offence under Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Attrocities) Act, 1989, under Crime No. I-120/2007 with Police Station, Jalna. 2 criap-2345.07 3. It is not in dispute that the FIR is not expected to be encyclopedia and the aspect of caste not being mentioned in the FIR can be gone into in the course of investigation. 4. Interest of justice requires that the investigation be completed, however, the applicants can be granted protection against arrest. 5. We, therefore, dispose of the application and make the rule absolute, in following terms:- (a) Interim protection granted by this court on 13.7.2007 shall continue for a period of four weeks from today. (b) In the event the applicants have already appeared before the trial court and bail is granted to them, the interim protection granted by this court shall come to an end forth with. (c) Rule is made partly absolute in above terms. (A.R.Joshi, J.) (A.H.Joshi, J.) pnd/criap-2345.07