mpt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 3907 OF 2007 Nilofer Sabir Shaikh .. Applicant versus State of Maharashtra .. Respondent ... Mr.A.P. Mundargi i/b V.V. Purwant for the applicant. Mr.D.P. Adsule APP for the State. CORAM : D.G.KARNIK, J DATED : 20th February 2008 P.C.: 1. Heard. 2. The applicant seeks bail in connection with C.R. No.221 of 2007 registered with Sadar Bazar police station for the alleged offence punishable u/s.363, 364-A, 366, 342, 376, 452, 385, 323, 504, 506 r/w section 34 of the Indian Penal Code. This Court granted interim bail to the applicant vide its order dated 19th December 2007. Since then, the applicant is on bail and has not reported to have abused the liberty granted. 3. Learned APP submits that after the interim order of bail passed by this court, charge-sheet has been filed in the lower court. In view of this, applicant is directed to move the Sessions Court for bail before whom the charge-sheet has been filed and which can take a view on the nature and extent of the evidence/material against the applicant for considering the prima facie case. Hence application is disposed of with a direction that the interim bail granted by this court vide order dated 19th December 2007 shall continue for 10 days i.e. upto 2nd March 2008. 4. If an application for bail is made by the applicant before the Sessions Judge, the same shall be considered expeditiously on its own merits without in any way being influenced by any of the observations made in this order. (D.G. KARNIK, J)