1 mpt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 5409 of 2009 Ramdas Ranganath Gite ... Applicant versus The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent ... Ms.Anjali Patil for the applicant. Ms.M.H. Mhatre APP for the State. CORAM : D.G. KARNIK, J. DATED : 25th February 2010 P.C. 1. Heard. 2. By this application, applicant seeks bail in connection with C.R.No. I-139 of 2008 registered at Dombivli Police Station, District Thane, for an offence punishable u/s.394, 397, 342, 363, 427, 450, 452 r/w section 34 of the IPC and section 3 and 25 of the Arms Act. 3. According to the prosecution, five persons committed a dacoity in the house of Madangopal Khandelwal on 2nd and 3rd June 2008. Four other persons who have allegedly jointly involved in the offence have been granted bail by this court by three separate orders viz. i) order 2 dated 8th December 2009 passed in Criminal Application No.4880/09 (Coram V.M.Kanade, J), (ii) Order dated 21st January 2010 passed in Criminal Application No.4839/09 (Coram:V.M.Kanade, J) and (iii) Order dated 15th January 2010 passed in Criminal Application No. 5543/09 (Coram D.G.Karnik, J). The role alleged against the applicant is not different than the three other accused who have been granted bail. Learned APP on instructions states that there are no antecedents of any previous crime against the present applicant. In view thereof, applicant also deserves to be granted bail in similar circumstances. Hence, I pass the following order:- O R D E R Applicant be released on bail in connection with C.R. No. I-139 of 2008 registered at Dombivli Police Sation on his executing P.R. Bond of Rs.20,000/- with two sureties of the like amount subject to a condition that he shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence and within 48 hours of the release inform to the police in writing his present residential address, residential telephone number and mobile number and inform within 48 hours any change therein. (D.G. KARNIK,J.)