1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR. CRIMINAL APPLICATION (BA) NO.588/2011. (Pankaj Chandramani Maghade Vs State of Mah. Thro. PSO PS Gittikhadan, Nagpur) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions Court's or Judge's orders. and Registrar's orders Mr. A.M. Rizwy, Advocate for the Applicant. Mr. N.R. Rode, APP for the Non-Applicant/State. Mr. V.S. Dhote, Advocate for assist to the prosecution. ----- CORAM : U.V. BAKRE, J DATE : 17 th OCTOBER, 2011 1. Heard Mr. A.M. Rizwy, learned Advocate for the Applicant and Mr. N.R. Rode, learned A.P.P. for the Respondent, who has been assisted by Mr. V.S. Dhote, Advocate. 2. The applicant, who has been arrested on 26.07.2011 in Crime No.162/2011 registered at Gittikhadan, Nagpur for the offence punishable under Sections 364-A, 395, 397 read with Section 435 of the Indian Penal Code, has filed this application for bail. 3. The allegation against the applicant and others is that on 18.06.2011, Sandeep Thorat and his two friends, called the complainant Gautam Deorao Maghade on his Mobile phone and demanded an amount of Rs.20,000/- and thereafter on the same day at about 07.30 p.m. Sandeep Thorat called him near the flour mill situated near Police Quarters at which place Pravin 2 Maghade, Pankaj Maghade (present applicant), Pramod Wankhede, Sandeep Thorat, Anand Shukla and Jimmy Mishra were already present and they told him that Pravin Maghade has given them contract to kill him. It is further alleged that Sandeep Thorat had a knife with him and he touched the knife to the neck of the complainant and made him seat on their Motorcycle bearing No. MH-31 CW-8087 and took him to Nara Road, Jaripatka, Nagpur and assaulted him and snatched his Mobile, golden ring and cash amount of Rs.2,500/-, all worth Rs. 14,500/-. 4. The respondent has filed reply resisting the application. 5. The charge-sheet has already been filed. The co-accused Jimmy @ Shrawan s/o Ramlakhan Mishra, has been released on bail by this Court as he was young student of B.Com. Another co-accused Anand Shukla was released on bail by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Nagpur by order dated 30.07.2011 and presently the co-accused Pravin Maghade, has also been released on bail by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Nagpur on 12.10.2011. 6. No purpose will be served by keeping the applicant in custody. 7. In the result, the application is allowed. 8. The applicant shall be released on bail in Crime No. 162/2011 registered at Police Station Gittikhadan, Nagpur, for 3 the offence punishable under Sections 364-A, 395, 397 read with Section 435 of the Indian Penal Code, on execution of personal recognition bond in the sum of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand only) with one solvent surety in the like amount under the condition that he shall not tamper with the prosecution witnesses and shall not leave Nagpur District without previous permission from the trial Court. 9. The application stands disposed of accordingly. JUDGE NSN