1 abs FARAD CONTINUATION IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 438 OF 2010 Shravan @ Bala Vyankat Naikwade .. Applicant V/s The State of Maharashtra .. Respondent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Court's or Judge's Orders Coram, appearances, Court's Orders or directions and Registrar's Orders Ms. Anjali Patil for the applicant. Mr. Y.S. Shinde, A.P.P. for the State. CORAM : D.G. KARNIK, J. DATE : 16TH FEBRUARY 2010 P.C. : 1. By this application, the applicant seeks bail in connection with C.R. No. 83 of 2008 registered at Bazarpeth Police Station, District Thane, for an alleged offence punishable under sections 452, 365, 397, 341, 342, 385, 506 read with 34 of the I.P.C. 2 2. The applicant was arrested in respect of another crime and his custody was transferred in respect of C.R. No. 83 of 2008 on 3rd July 2008. Charge-sheet has been filed and the applicant has been in jail since last 1 ½ year. 3. The prosecution case is that the applicant and two others entered the house of Mr. Rajwade on 13th June 2008 for the purpose of robbery/dacoity. They demanded a ransom of Rs.20 lakhs and took Mr. Rajwade to the bank for the purpose of withdrawing money. 4. One of the co-accused Girish Vidyadhar Nair has been granted bail by this Court (Coram: V.M. Kanade, J.) by an order dated 27th November 2009 passed in Criminal Application No. 4293 of 2009. On the basis of parity, another co-accused has also been granted bail by me by an order dated 12th January 2010 passed in Criminal Application No.5387 of 2009. 3 5. Learned A.P.P. conceded that the case of the two co-accused and the present applicant is similar and there is no distinguishing feature. Hence, the present applicant is also entitled to bail on the ground of parity. I therefore pass the following order: ORDER The applicant be released on bail on his executing a personal bond of Rs.30,000/- with two sureties of the like amount subject to a condition that the applicant shall report his presence to the concerned police station once a month between 1st and 5th day of every British calendar month. Breach of the condition would result in cancellation of the bail. (D.G. KARNIK, J.)