1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 406 OF 2010 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 192 OF 2010 Sanjay Dhondu Manchekar ...Applicant vs. The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent Ms.Sulbha Joshi for the Applicant. Mrs.P.P. Bhosale, APP for the State. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. DATED : APRIL 9, 2010 P.C. :- 1 Heard Counsel for the applicant and APP for the State. 2 The applicant has been convicted for the offence punishable under Section 420 of the IPC and sentenced to suffer RI for 5 years. 2 3 Prosecution case is that the applicant had promised the prosecutrix that he would marry her and on account of the said assurance, the prosecutrix had given her consent to have physical relations with him. Later on, he refused to marry her. The applicant has been acquitted for the offence punishable under Sections 376, 506 of the IPC. 4 Record indicates that on one occasion, the relations between the parties were strained and on that ground, the prosecutrix was not willing to marry him at that time. 5 Taking into consideration the material which is on record, in my view, this is a fit case for grant of bail. 6 The applicant, therefore, be released on bail on execution of P.R. Bond of Rs.10,000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. The applicant shall report to the concerned police 3 station once in a month. The applicant shall initially furnish cash bail and within two weeks thereafter, shall furnish sureties as directed by this Court. 7 Application is disposed of. (V.M. KANADE, J.)