:1: IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1673 OF 2008 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1673 OF 2008 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1673 OF 2008 Vikas Vijay Gaikwad ..Applicant versus The State of Maharashtra ..Respondents Mr. Sudhir Halli for the Applicant. Mr. H. J. Dedhia, APP for the Respondents - State. CORAM : A. A. KUMBHAKONI, J CORAM : A. A. KUMBHAKONI, J CORAM : A. A. KUMBHAKONI, J (VACATION JUDGE) (VACATION JUDGE) (VACATION JUDGE) DATE : 23RD MAY, 2008. DATE : 23RD MAY, 2008. DATE : 23RD MAY, 2008. P.C. P.C. P.C. 1. The applicant is accused No.2 Vikas Gaikwad in C.R. No. 134 of 2007 which came to be registered at Khadki Police Station, Pune, for offences punishable under Section 395 of Indian Penal Code. The investigation is complete in as much as charge sheet is also filed. Pending trial, the applicant applied for temporary bail by way of an application filed at Exhibit 39 in Sessions Case No. 605 of 2007. The ground on which temporary bail of ten days was sought is that there is a marriage in the family of the applicant on 25.5.2008 :2: at Handewadi, Katraj - Saswad, Byepass Road, Taluka Haveli, Dist: Pune. The learned Additional Sessions Judge, Pune, has rejected the aforesaid temporary bail application by its Order dated 21.5.2008 which is produced at Exhibit ’D’ in the present proceeding. The applicant has filed the present application seeking temporary bail as aforesaid solely on the ground that son of the sister of mother of the applicant is getting married on 25.5.2008 at the aforesaid place in Taluka Haveli. 2. Learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the applicant raised various contentions in respect of the aforesaid claim for temporary bail. The learned APP streneously opposed the same. In view of the aforesaid Order dated 21.5.2008 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Pune, and in view of the facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to grant temporary bail to the applicant. 3. When I disclosed to the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the applicant that I am going to reject the present application for temporary bail, the learned counsel made an alternative submission that some interim arrangement may be made :3: so that the applicant will be able to attend the aforesaid marriage ceremony. The learned APP submits that the applicant may be permitted to attend the marriage only under Police Escort and subject to usual terms and conditions on which such escort is granted. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the applicant is agreeable for passing such order. Hence, the Order : ORDER ORDER ORDER (i) The Applicant be taken from Yerawada Central Prison at Pune to Handewadi, Katraj - Saswad, Byepass Road, Taluka Haveli, Dist: Pune, under Escort to attend the marriage scheduled to be held on 25.5.2008 in pursuance of the invitation card, a zerox copy of which is produced at Exhibit ’E’ in the present application. (ii) The Escorting party shall leave Yerawada Central Prison, Pune along with the applicant latest by 5 p.m. on 24.5.2008 and the the Escorting party along with the applicant shall leave the aforesaid place, namely, Handewadi, Katraj - Saswad, Byepass :4: Road, Taluka Haveli, Dist: Pune, for Yerwada Central Prison, Pune, latest by 10 a.m. on 26.5.2008. (iii) It is clarified that the Escorting party shall be in plane clothes. (iv) The expenses of the escort shall be deposited by the applicant with the Competent Authority from Yerwada Central Prison, Pune, before leaving the prison. It is further clarified that the applicant shall make necessary arrangement for lodging and boarding of the Escorting party at his own costs. 4. The application is disposed of in the aforesaid terms. 5. Parties and Authorities concerned to act on a copy of this order duly authenticated by the Registry. 6. It is further made clear that the request of the applicant for temporary bail has been considered by me only in the context of the claim of the :5: applicant that he is required to attend the aforesaid marriage. (A. A. KUMBHAKONI, J.) (A. A. KUMBHAKONI, J.) (A. A. KUMBHAKONI, J.)