1 APPLN 3449 OF 2010.sxw vks IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 3449 OF 2010. Mithun Suresh Pawar .. Applicant -versus The State of Maharashtra .. Respondent. Mr. Tushar Sonawane, for the Applicant. Mrs. R.V. Newton, APP for the State. CORAM: R.C. CHAVAN, J. DATED: 25th August, 2010 P.C. 1. The applicant who had raped a minor girl, is in the custody since February,2010. The investigation is complete and the chargesheet has been filed. According to medical report, the girl was about l4 to l5 years of age. The statement of victim shows that victim stayed with the applicant for almost one and half month. She had also occasion to telephone her mother in the mean time. Only after the parents of the applicant were arrested by the police, the victim and the applicant surrendered. In these circumstances no useful purpose would be served by keeping the applicant behind the bars till the trial is over. 2. In view of above, application is allowed. The applicant be released on bail, on his furnishing PR Bond in the sum of Rs.l0,000/ 2 APPLN 3449 OF 2010.sxw with one surety in the like amount and on the condition that the applicant shall report to the concerned police station on first Sunday of every month between l0.00 am to l.00 pm, till the trial is over and shall keep himself away from the victim till the trial is over. (R. C. CHAVAN, J.)