1. Both these applications are being disposed of by this common order as they arise out of the same crime being Crime No. 468/2015 registered at Police Station, Pratap Nagar, Nagpur against these applicants and others. They have been arraigned in this crime for commission of such offences as are punishable under Sections 143 147, 149, 341, 342, 364A, 365, 384, 385, 386, 120B, 504 and 506B read with Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3 of the Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act, 1999 (for short, “the MCOC Act”).

2. Heard Shri S.P. Dharmadhikari, learned Senior Advocate for applicant in Criminal Application No. 896 of 2016; Shri S.V. Sirpurkar, learned counsel for applicant in Criminal Application No. 903 of 2016 and Shri S.S. Doifode, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent-State in both the applications.

3. The main allegation against these applicants and others is that in order to extort astronomical sum from the victim of the crime who has lodged the complaint on 28.12.2015, the applicants and others kidnapped him or the complainant at about 12.00 pm of 13.12.2015 from the spot situated near the complainant's house and putting him under fe