abs IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 3597 OF 2007 Anil Damodar Pote .. Applicant V/s The State of Maharashtra .. Respondent Mr.C.K. Pendse for the applicant. Mr.D.P. Adsule, A.P.P. for the State. CORAM : D.G. KARNIK, J. DATE : 13TH FEBRUARY 2008 P.C. P.C. P.C. : 1. Heard. 2. The applicant has been arrested in connection with C.R. No.324/2005 for the alleged offence punishable under section 394, 397, 411, 414, 419, 465, 420 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code. 3. The prosecution case in short is that Vijay Ghole, Amit Pathale, Mohammed Sajid Abdul Majid and Vijay Mithbavkar committed robbery in which some credit cards were stolen. The applicant is alleged to have - 2 - received one of the credit cards and used it in collusion with shop keepers and thereby committed the offence. Sessions Case No.862 of 2006 is pending trial in respect of the alleged offence. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that all other accused in the said Sessions Case have been granted bail. He further submitted that even the main persons who were involved in the robbery have also been granted bail. Learned counsel for the applicant also invited my attention to the orders granting bail by the Sessions Court, copies of which are annexed at pages 34 to 89 of the compilation. 5. Learned A.P.P. does not dispute that all accused have been granted bail by the Sessions Court. 6. In the circumstances, the applicant is entitled to bail on the ground of parity. Hence, I pass the following order. ORDER ORDER ORDER The applicant be released on bail in connection with the offence mentioned above on his executing personal bond of Rs.30,000/- with two sureties of the like amount subject to the following conditions:- - 3 - (a) The applicant shall attend the Sessions Court on every date fixed and shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence. (b) In the event of breach of the above condition, the bail granted to the applicant shall be liable to be cancelled. (D.G. KARNIK, J.)