1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR. CRIMINAL APPLICATION (BA) NO.144/2011 (Babarao Janrao Biske .vrs. State of Maharashtra) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions Court's or Judge's orders. and Registrar's orders Mr. S.S. Shingane, Advocate for applicant, Mr. S.R. Deshpande, APP for respondent. .......... CORAM : P.D. KODE, J. DATED : MARCH 24, 2011 Heard. The prayer for bail made by the applicant/accused arrested on 29.1.2011 in connection with Crime No.16/2010 registered on the same day by Range Forest Officer, Morshi for commission of offence under Sections 26(f), 69, 42, 41 of Indian Forest Act, 1927 and under Rules 66, 82 and 129 of Bombay Forest Rules, 1942, is vehemently objected by the learned APP on the count of investigating officer yet having not received any clue regarding the source from which the said teak wood had come in the possession of the applicant. It is difficult to sustain the objection taken on the said count, having regard to the fact that the request of investigating agency for police custody remand has been rejected by the remand court and the learned APP has candidly admitted that no steps were taken for challenging this order. 2 Having regard to the same and considering the offence being only punishable with imprisonment for one year and fine, there appears substance in the submission of learned counsel for the applicant that no fruitful purpose would be served by keeping the applicant in jail, except depriving him the chance to earn his livelihood. In the premises aforesaid and so also investigation being complete and charge sheet is said to have been filed in the matter, the prayer made deserves consideration. In these circumstances, the applicant is directed to be released on bail in connection with said crime upon furnishing P.R. Bond in the sum of Rs. 15,000/- with one surety in the like amount and subject to the conditions that applicant - (i) shall attend the I.O. of the said crime in between 11.00 am and 2.00 pm on every first Monday of a month, until further order from the trial Court; (ii) shall stay at the address mentioned in the application and shall not leave the same without the permission of the trial court, (iii) shall not indulge in any activity of tampering prosecution evidence and/or indulge in any activity of hampering the progress of the trial, (iv) shall not commit any offence while on bail. The application stands disposed of. JUDGE Gulande