1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 2839 OF 2009 Ravindra Anandrao Konapure ........ Applicant versus The State of Maharashtra ........Respondent. Mr. Shirish Gupte Sr.Adv. i/b. Ujwal R. Agandsurve adv. for the Applicant Mr. H.J. Dedhia APP. for the Respondent/State. CORAM: A. P DESHPANDE, J. DATED : 20th August, 2009. P. C.: 1. This is an application moved by the applicant under section 439 of Cr.P.C. for bail. The applicant is seeking bail in C.R. No. 72/07 of Mangalwedha police station at Pandharpur. The crime has been registered against the applicant and other c0-accused for offences punishable under sections 406,408, 409, 46,465, 467, 468, 471. 477-A, 217, 218, 166, 167, 120-B read with 34 of IPC. At the relevant time the present applicant was working as a clerk in the employment of State Government at Mangalwedha. According to the prosecution the present applicant and other co- accused conspired with one another and misappropriated huge funds. The applicant came to be arrested on 26-9-2007. The learned counsel for the applicant has invited my attention to 2 various orders passed including the order dated 20-10-2008 passed in Criminal Application No. 3193/08 where under in a similar situation, Tahasildar came to be granted bail as he was in custody for almost one year. In the present case, the applicant is in custody for almost two years. In the submission of the learned counsel for the applicant, the present applicant is similarly placed with the applicant in Criminal Application no. 3193/08. The learned APP does not deny the fact that other similarly placed co- accused are released on bail. Hence in my view the present application deserves to be allowed. In the result I pass the following order. 2. The applicant is directed to be enlarged on bail in the sum of Rs. 50,000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount subject to further condition that the applicant shall report to the concerned police station every alternate Saturday between 3 and 5 p.m. till conclusion of the trial. He shall co-operate with the investigating agency. Application stands disposed of. (A. P. Deshpande, J.)