1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MUMBAI CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.2057 OF 2009 1.Umesh Suresh Patil .. 2.Sameer Madhukar Devkar .. Applicants. Vs. State of Maharashtra .. Respondents. Mr.A.P.Mundargi, Sr.Counsel i/b Mr.V.M.Patil for the applicants. Mr.K.V.Saste A.P.P. for the State. Coram: D.B. BHOSALE, J. Dated : 9TH JULY, 2009 P.C. Heard learned senior counsel for the applicants and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The applicants are seeking anticipatory bail in C.R.No.3 of 2009 of Jaigad police station, District Ratnagiri. The crime has been registered against the applicants and five others for having allegedly committed an offence punishable under sections 363, 364, 506 r/w 34 of IPC. 3. Mr.Mundargi, learned senior counsel for the applicants at the outset submitted that during pendency of this application, applicant no.2 has been arrested and, therefore, he has instructions to withdraw the application on his behalf. The 2 application filed on behalf of applicant no.2 – Sameer Madhukar Devkar is disposed of as withdrawn. 4. The prosecution case, in short, is that the accused persons kidnapped two junior engineers of Sidharth Infra Projects Pvt. Ltd. (for short “SIP Ltd.”) from Jaigad and brought them to Pune for the purpose of obtaining their signatures on certain bills. The bills were submitted to SIP Ltd. for the work done by the accused persons and of which they had not received the payment. Mr.Mundargi submits that during pendency of this application, applicant no.1 was called by the police for interrogation and accordingly they reported and co-operated with the investigation, and now his custody is not required for any purpose. He further submits that the junior engineers, who were allegedly kidnapped, were released at Pune. Mr.Saste, learned A.P.P., on instructions, submits that the applicant has co-operated with the investigation and they have also made recovery at his instance and now his custody is not necessary and it will be sufficient if the applicant is directed to report to the concerned police station for sometime more. Having considered the submissions of learned counsel for the applicant and looking to the nature of allegations against applicant no.1, I am inclined to grant this application for anticipatory bail. Hence the following order: In the event of arrest, applicant no.1 – Umesh 3 Suresh Patil be released on bail in the sum of Rs.5,000/- with one or two sureties to make up the said amount, subject to the conditions incorporated in sub-section (2) of Section 438 of Cr.P.C. Further, applicant no.1 shall report to the concerned police station everyday from 13th July, 2009 till 20th July, 2009, between 10 am and 1 pm and thereafter as and when called. While passing this order I shall not be understood to have expressed any opinion on merits of the case and the trial Court shall deal with the case uninfluenced by the observations made in this order. Application is disposed of. (D. B. Bhosale, J.)