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. 655 OF 2009 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 655 OF 2009 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 655 OF 2009 Sujeet Raghunath Shetty ...Applicant vs. The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent Ms.Anjali Patil for the Applicant. Mr.Rajesh More, APP for the State. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. DATED : FEBRUARY 18 , 2009 DATED : FEBRUARY 18 , 2009 DATED : FEBRUARY 18 , 2009 P.C. :- P.C. :- P.C. :- 1. Heard Counsel for the applicant and APP for the State. 2. The applicant is seeking bail. The applicant has been arrested on 22nd April 2004 in connection with an offence punishable under Sections 467, 468, 420 read with 34 of the IPC. 3. It is alleged that the applicant had obtained a loan from the Bank on the basis of forged and fabricated document. 4. The learned Counsel for the applicant submits - 2 - that two witnesses have been examined. The trial has began and the trial is not likely to be over for quite sometime. She also submitted that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail on the ground of parity. The other co-accused has been granted bail by this Court (Coram : V.C. Daga, J.) dated 11th July, 2007 in Criminal Application No.2068/2007. 5. The submission made by the Counsel for the applicant cannot be accepted. There are serious allegations made against the present applicant. Admittedly, there are six other similar cases pending against the applicant. 6. The learned APP for the submits that there are as many as 52 cases in which applicants has defrauded various banks. This, however, is not admitted by the applicant. Be that as it may, the ground of parity, therefore, is not available to the applicant. In the said case, the learned Brother Justice Daga has not stated that any other cases were pending against the present applicant. - 3 - 7. Hence, the application for bail is rejected. The trial, however, is expedited. The applicant is in jail since last four years. If the trial is not over within a period of six months, liberty is granted to the applicant to apply for bail again. (V.M. KANADE, J.) (V.M. KANADE, J.) (V.M. KANADE, J.)