1. 1. The petitioner, who happens to be a practicing advocate and Notary, is hereby praying for discharging him from criminal prosecution bearing Criminal Case No. 212/1995, which is revolving around number of offences like 395, 344, 347, 365, 387, 324, 506 r/w Section 120B of Indian Penal Code.

.2. It is the allegation of the prosecution that other accused kidnapped the complainant Rajendra Samarth from his house by calling him to the house of a person of his acquaintance by giving him threats. The complainant as indicated by the prosecution case, left his house and walked along with some of the accused to the house of his acquaintance. It is alleged that in the said house other accused besides the present petitioner, assaulted him, threatened him and detained him. Thereafter from that house he was taken to Akola, from Akola he was taken to Nagpur, from Nagpur taken to Chandrapur, from Chandrapur via Nasik he was taken to Raigad, from Raigad he was taken through Pune to Nasik. At Nasik, it is alleged by the prosecution, that he executed some documents

.purporting to be Powers of Attorney granted in favour of some of the accused. Present applicant, accused has been roped i