- 1 - IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 4226 OF 2009 Ujwal @ Balu Laxman Bhalerao ... Applicant Vs. The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent Mr. V. V. Purvant, for the applicant. Mrs. P. P. Shinde, APP for the State. CORAM: V.M. KANADE, J. DATE : 16th DECEMBER, 2009 P.C.: 1. Heard the learned counsel for the applicant and the learned APP for the State. The applicant has been arrested on 25-11-2008 for the offence punishable under 135 of the Electricity Supply Act, vide C. R. No. II-91 of 2008, registered with Kashimira Police Station. The maximum sentence for the offence of theft of electricity is imprisonment for a term which may extend upto three years. The applicant is in jail since last 13 months i.e. practically 50% of the maximum sentence, which may be imposed by the Court. The applicant therefore, deserves to be released on bail. 2. The applicant be released on furnishing P.R. Bond of Rs.5,000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. He shall report to the concerned police station once in a month. [V.M. KANADE, J.]