1 CA4057/11 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET No. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD Criminal Application No. 4057 of 2011 (Narayan Mansingh Girase & Anr. v. The State & Ors.) Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders Court's or Judge's orders Mr. A.S. Sawant, Advocate for the applicant Mr. B.J. Sonawane, APP for the respondent / State PER COURT : 1. Heard learned counsel for both sides. 2. The present applicant No. 1 is the owner of the tractor bearing No. MH-01-N-2936 and the said tractor was found to be used in exploiting sand from the river Burai on 26th August, 2011. According to the applicants, the tractor is now seized by the police authorities and the present applicants were not present at the relevant time. They pleaded for anticipatory bail. I am not inclined to accept the submissions of the learned Advocate for the applicants as regards grant of anticipatory bail. The very fact that the tractor driver left the site and ran away while the tractor was loaded with sand clearly indicates that the sand was being exploited without proper authority. I am sure that the owner of the 2 CA4057/11 tractor was the person behind the back of the said driver. In these circumstances, one of the applicants who is driver and one of the applicants is the owner of the said tractor cannot get anticipatory bail, and as such, application for anticipatory bail stands rejected. 15th Nov. 11 ( R.Y. GANOO, J. ) SRM/