Manzar Sayeed Khan, a companystituted Attorney and Managing Director of the Oxford University Press, India the Publisher of the Book titled Shivaji Hindu King in Islamic India and Vinod Hansraj Goyal, Proprietor of Rashtriya Printing Press, Shahdara, Delhi the Printer of the said Book, have filed the above said Criminal Miscellaneous Petitions seeking clarification modification of the judgment of this Court dated 05.04.2007 reported in 2007 5 SCC 1, whereby this Court had disposed of the appeals preferred against the order dated 06.05.2004 of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay in Criminal Writ Petition No.280 of 2004 and 370 of 2004.
By the impugned order, the High Court vacated its interim order recorded on 23.02.2004 with a direction to the Crime Branch of the State of Maharashtra to companyplete the investigation in FIR No.10 of 2004 registered at the Deccan Police Station, Pune, against the appellants applicants and Prof. James W. Laine, the author of the book, under Sections 153, 153A and 34 of the Indian Penal Code for short IPC.
In paragraph 12 of the judgment, companytentions of Mr. Soli Sorabjee, learned senior companynsel appearing on behalf of Manzar Sayeed Khan appellant were numbered in detail and companysidered.
10 of 2004 registered at the Deccan Police Station, Pune.
On hearing the learned companynsel for the parties at length, this Court in paragraph 21 of the judgment companycluded as under In the result, for the above said reasons, the respondents shall number proceed against Professor James W. Laine, the author of the book, for offences under Sections 153, 153A and 34 of the IPC being the subject matter of F.I.R. No.
