1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 4205 OF 2009 Adhik Shankar Chavan .... Applicant. V/s The State of Maharashtra .... Respondent. Mr. Pratap Patil for the applicant. Mrs. S.D. Shinde, APP for the State. CORAM: V. M. KANADE, J. DATE : 25TH NOVEMBER, 2009 P.C:- 1. Heard the learned Counsel for the applicant and the learned APP for the State. 2. Applicant has been arrested on 26/4/2009 in connection with the offence punishable under sections 376 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code which is registered with Dhebewadi Police Station vide C.R. No.20 of 2009. 2 3. Prosecution case is that the prosecutrix was raped by the applicant and two other persons over a period of one year in 2008 at various times. However, dates on which she was raped are not mentioned in the complaint. It is alleged that the applicant used to threaten the prosecutrix who was 18 years of age at the time of the incident and used to forcibly commit rape on her. The complaint is lodged almost after one year from the date of the incident. Prosecutrix got married in 2009 and, within a few months, her husband realized that she was 8 months pregnant and, therefore, he made complaint to her parents and, at that time, the prosecutrix narrated the said incident and the complaint has been lodged. 4. There is no material on record except the statement of the prosecutrix. Admittedly, there is a gross delay in filing the complaint. Applicant, therefore, deserves to be released on bail. However, in order to ensure that the applicant does not threaten the prosecutrix who is residing in the same village, it would be appropriate if some conditions are imposed upon the applicant. 5. Applicant be released on bail in C.R. No.20 of 2009 registered with Dhebewadi Police Station, District Satara in the sum of Rs 5000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. He shall, however, not enter the village Chavanvadi (Dhamani), Taluka Patan, District Satara till the disposal of the criminal case. He shall give his new address to the 3 Superintendent of Police before his release from the jail and shall report to the nearest Police Station from his new residence once in a month. 6. Application is disposed of. (V.M. KANADE, J.)