1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 713 OF 2009 Shri Rajesh Dattatray Pethkar ..... Applicant. V/s The State of Maharashtra ...... Respondent. Mr. Pankaj Deokar i/b Mr. Rahul S. Kate for the applicant. Mr. D.P. Adsule, APP for the State. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. DATE : 18th February, 2009 P.C:- 1. Heard the learned Counsel for the applicant and the learned APP for the State. 2. Counsel for the applicant submits that co-accused Satish Paralkar and Mukesh Survase have been granted bail. He seeks bail on the ground of parity. 3. Prosecution case is that one person had assaulted an old lady with an iron rod in a shop. The present applicant was allegedly present when the said offence took place. No test identification parade has been held. The other two accused who were also merely present in the shop have been granted bail by this Court by order dated 28/1/2009 in Criminal Application No.4388 of 2008 and in Criminal Application No. 4317 of 2008. Applicant, therefore, deserves 2 to be granted bail on the ground of parity. 4. Applicant be released on bail in C.R. No. 24 of 2008 of Dehu Road Police Station, in the sum of Rs 5000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. He shall report to Dehu Road Police Station once in a month. 5. Application is disposed of. (V.M. KANADE, J.)