IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.3387 OF 2009 Mohammad Shakir Hasmali Sayyad ...Applicant Vs. The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent ---- Shri Ganesh Gole for Applicant Shri Y.M. Nakhwa -APP for State ---- CORAM: V.M. KANADE J. DATE : 9TH NOVEMBER, 2009 P.C. ---- 1. Heard the learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the Applicant and the Learned APP for the State. 2. The Applicant was arrested in connection with an offence punishable under section 392 r/w. 34 of the Indian Penal Code vide C.R. No. I-250 of 2008 registered with Vartak Nagar Police Station, Dist. Thane. 3. It is alleged that the Applicant asked the Complainant to hand over his golden chain by pointing a revolver. The charge sheet has been filed. Investigation is over. 4. The Learned APP for the State submitted that the Applicant is involved at least in 10 other cases, which are similar in nature. He given the list of cases which were pending against the Applicant. 5. The learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the Applicant, on the other hand, submitted that the Applicant has been released in these cases and, therefore, merely because some other cases are pending against him, could not be a ground for rejecting his application for bail. 6. Since charge sheet is filed and the investigation is over. The Applicant is in jail since last one year and since the trial is not likely to come up for hearing in near future, in my view, continued detention of the Applicant is not necessary. 7. So far as the pending cases are concerned, the Applicant admittedly has been released on bail in these cases. In order to ensure that the Applicant does not commit the similar offences while he is released on bail, strict conditions can be imposed on the Applicant. 8. The Applicant, therefore, be released on bail in a sum of Rs.5,000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. The Applicant shall not enter the jurisdiction of Thane City during the pendency of the trial. He shall give his new address to the Superintendent of Jail before he released on bail and report to the nearest police station from his new residence twice in a month. 9. Application is disposed of. (V.M. KANADE J.)