APPA.996-10 - 1 - VPH IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION No. 996 OF 2010 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 578 OF 2010 Santosh Tukaram Sahane ...Applicant Vs. The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent *** Mr. R. D. Suryawanshi, for the Applicant. Mr. A. Shitole, APP for the Respondent. *** CORAM: V. M. KANADE J. DATE : AUGUST 9, 2010 P.C. 1. The applicant is convicted by the Sessions Court for the offence punishable under S. 376 of I. P. Code and sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for five years. It is case of the prosecution that the applicant committed rape on the prosecutrix and as a result she became pregnant and thereafter the complaint was lodged with the police. The learned counsel for the applicant submitted that applicant APPA.996-10 - 2 - thereafter married with the prosecutrix and has accepted the child which was born to her. However, thereafter the prosecutrix left the applicant and has re-married with another person. It is submitted that applicant was 18 years of age when the offence was committed. 2. Taking into consideration the aforesaid facts, in my view, applicant deserves to be released on bail, particularly since he has undergone 8 months imprisonment. The applicant be released on furnishing P.R. bond in the sum of Rs.5,000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. He shall report to the concerned police station once in a month. Sd/- [ V. M. KANADE J.]