1 1 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.3701 OF 2008 Vicky Prem Deval .. Applicant. Vs. The State of Maharashtra .. Respondent. Mr.Niranjan Mundargi with Mr.S.K.Mehata for the applicant. Mr.H.J.Dedhiya A.P.P. for the State. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. DATED : 11TH NOVEMBER, 2008. DATED : 11TH NOVEMBER, 2008. DATED : 11TH NOVEMBER, 2008. P.C.: . Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The applicant is seeking bail in C.R.No.247 of 2008 of Kandivli (W) police station. The said crime has been registered against the applicant for having allegedly committed an offence punishable under sections 399, 402 of the IPC and under sections 3, 25 of the Arms Act. It is on the allegations that the applicant and six others made preparation for committing dacoity and had assembled near Shopper’s Stop to rob a businessman who was to deposit monies in the ICICI Bank near Liberty Garden, Malad (West), Mumbai. They were apprehended on the spot on 27.6.2008. The charge-sheet has already been filed. The applicant has no criminal antecedents. Keeping that in view and 2 2 2 considering overall facts and circumstances of the case I am satisfied that no useful purpose will be served by keeping the applicant behind bars. Hence the following order: . The applicant be released on bail in the sum of Rs.35,000/- with one or two local sureties of the like amount subject to condition that he shall report to the concerned police station on every Wednesday and Saturday between 6.00 p.m. and 7.00 p.m. for a period of six months from the date of his release and thereafter on every alternate Saturday between 6.00 p.m. and 7.00 p.m. till conclusion of the trial. . While passing this order I shall not be understood to have expressed any opinion on merits of the case and the trial Court shall deal with the case without being influenced by the observations made in this order. (D.B.Bhosale, J.) (D.B.Bhosale, J.) (D.B.Bhosale, J.)