1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1372 OF 2009 Ganesh @ Laxmiputra Prakash Chiniwar .. Applicant Vs The State of Maharashtra .. Respondent Mr. Ujwal Agandsurve for the applicant Mr. K.V. Saste, APP for the State CORAM : SMT. V.K. TAHILRAMANI, JJ. DATE : 24th June, 2009 ( In Chamber at 2.40 pm) P.C.: 1. Heard the learned advocate for the applicant and the learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The applicant is seeking bail in CR No. 251 of 2007 of Faujdar Chavadi Police Station, Solapur. 3. The prosecution case is that the applicant along with four other accused persons including Ravi Borgi, Shivprakash Soddi and Gurulingappa Kalshetti kidnapped Shivprasad. All the accused, except the applicant, have been released on bail. The prosecution has examined the father of the kidnapped boy - Dr. Sharanbasappa RMA cra1372-09.sxw 2 Mallikarjen Dama who has categorically stated that he has not received any call in respect of payment of money from anybody. Based on the evidence of the father of the kidnapped boy, learned advocate for the applicant submitted that this is not a case of kidnapping for ransom. It is an admitted fact that the accused person had taken the boy with them and dropped him before the police station. The accused dropped the kidnapped boy near the police station i.e Zalkia outpost. The last witness was examined in October 2008, thereafter the trial has not progressed. The applicant is in custody since almost two years. Looking to all the above facts, I am inclined to grant a bail. 4. The applicant - Ganesh @ Laxmiputra Prakash Chiniwar to be released on bail in the sum of Rs. 25,000/- (Rs. Twenty Five Thousand Only) with one or two sureties to make up the said amount. The applicant shall report to Crime Branch, Commissioner Officer, Solapur once in a week, till conclusion of the trial. 5. Application is disposed of accordingly. [ SMT. V.K. TAHILRAMANI, J] RMA cra1372-09.sxw 3 RMA cra1372-09.sxw