1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR Criminal Application [ABA] No. 209 of 2011 (Janardhan Ratiram Talot Vs. State of Maharashtra) with Criminal Application [ABA] No. 211 of 2011 (Nanda Vijay Ghawat Vs. State of Maharashtra) Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, Appearances, Courts orders or directions Court’s or Judge’s orders and Registrar’s orders. Mr. K.S. Malokar, Advocate for the Applicant in ABA No. 209/2011 Mr. S.V. Sirpurkar, Advocate for the Applicant in ABA No. 211/2011 Mr. S.S. Doifode, APP for the State/Non-applicant. CORAM : M. N. GILANI, J. DATE : 15 th JUNE, 2011. Heard. Learned Advocates for applicant stated that validity of the caste is to be decided by the Caste Scrutiny Committee, which has been constituted under the Maharashtra Schedule Caste, Schedule Tribes, De-notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis), Nomadic Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Special Backward Category (Regulation of Issuance and Verification of) Caste Certificate Act, 2000. According to them, no such proposals have been submitted by learned APP. However, it is stand of applicants that the proposals have been sent through the Collector and those proposals should be with the Caste Scrutiny Committee. 2 It is, therefore, necessary that learned APP should seek further instructions from the Investigating Officer. In this view of the matter, an interim directions for releasing the applicants on bail, in the event of their arrest in Crime No. 22/2011 for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 468, 471 read with Section 34 of Indian Penal Code on furnishing P. R. Bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only) with one surety in the like amount, are issued. JUDGE *sdw