jpc ba1052-11.sxw 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION NO. 1052 OF 2011 Sajid Hamid Shaikh ... Applicant Versus The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent Mr. R. D. Suryawanshi, for the applicant Mr. K. V. Saste, APP for the State CORAM:- A.M. THIPSAY, J. DATED :- 25th July, 2011. P.C. : 1. Heard Mr. Suryawanshi, the learned advocate for the applicant and Mr. Saste, the learned APP for the State. 2. Undoubtedly, a prima facie case exists against the applicant. However, the bail application is pressed mainly on the ground of parity. It is submitted that 8 co-accused have already been released on bail and at least, the cases of some of them are on par with that of the applicant. There appears some substance in this contention. Some of the accused, whose role cannot be said to be different from that of the present applicant, were released on bail on 17th September, 2008 itself. The applicant's case cannot properly be treated to be very differently from that of those co-accused. Further, the applicant is in jpc ba1052-11.sxw 2 custody since 13th April, 2007 and thus, he has undergone a period more than four years in custody, as an under trial prisoner. 3. In the circumstances, I am inclined to release the applicant on bail. 4. The application is allowed. 5. The applicant is ordered to be released on bail in the sum of Rs. 50,000/-(Rupees fifty thousand only) with one surety in like amount. (A.M. THIPSAY, J.)