BA-443-11.sxw 1 Dixit IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION NO.443 OF 2011 Sanjay Shankar Hire ... Applicant V/s. The State of Maharashtra, Thru' Ghatkopar Police Station, Mumbai ... Respondent Mr. Sushrut Jadhav for the Applicant. Mrs. S.D. Shinde, APP, for the Respondent. CORAM:- A.M. THIPSAY, J. DATED :- 4 TH JULY, 2011. P.C. : 1. Heard. 2. The Applicant is in custody since 2nd December, 2010. The investigation is over and Charge-Sheet has been filed. I have gone through the copy of the Charge- Sheet that is annexed to the Bail Application. Admittedly, the alleged threat was given by the Applicant in the office of the Municipal Corporation. Admittedly, no weapon was used or shown to the First Informant. Admittedly, no weapon was possessed by the Applicant at the time of the incident. Admittedly, no hurt was caused by the Applicant to the First Informant. 3. The Applicant is stated to be a leader of the Union of Hawkers. It seems that he, therefore, comes in conflict with the officers from the Municipal Corporation. BA-443-11.sxw 2 Dixit Though some cases are said to be registered against him in the past, considering the nature of the allegation against the Applicant, the maximum punishment provided for the offence, which is triable by Magistrate, and the fact that the Applicant is already in custody for more than seven months, I do not think it proper that the Applicant should be kept in custody till the trial would be over. 4. The Applicant is ordered to be released on bail in the sum of Rs.20,000/-, with one surety in like amount. 5. The learned Magistrate is directed to expedite the trial and dispose it of, in any case, within a period of six months from today. [A.M. THIPSAY, J.]