1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 798 OF 2010 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 469 OF 2010 Prashant Jagannath Pathare ...Applicant vs. The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent Mr.Rahul Kadam for the Applicant. Mrs.P.P. Bhosale, APP for the State. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. DATED : JULY 2, 2010 P.C. :- 1 Heard Counsel for the applicant and APP for the State. 2 The applicant who is original accused no.2 has been convicted for the offence punishable under Section 363 read with Section 34 of the IPC and sentenced to suffer RI for 3 years and to pay a fine 2 of Rs.500/- and in default, to suffer further RI for six months. 3 It is alleged by the prosecution that the applicant had helped accused no.1 in kidnapping the prosecutrix. 4 Counsel for the applicant submits that the only role attributed to the present applicant is that he had given a room to accused no.1 where accused no.1 and the prosecutrix stayed for about 4 to 5 days. 5 In my view, taking into consideration the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case and the sentence awarded by the Sessions Court, the applicant deserves to be released on bail. The applicant was on bail during trial. 6 The applicant be released on bail on execution of P.R. Bond in the sum of Rs.5000/- with 3 one or two sureties in the like amount. The applicant, however, shall report to the concerned police station once in a month. 7 Application is disposed of. (V.M. KANADE, J.)