1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRI.APPLICATION NO.1612 OF 2009 Vipul Vilas Pradhan .. Applicant Vs State of Maharashtra .. Respondent Mr. Kuldeep S Patil, Advocate for the Applicant. Mrs.P.P.Shinde, APP, for the Respondent. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. DATE : 11/06/2009 PC: 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned APP for the respondent. 2. The applicant is seeking bail in C.R.No.191 of 2008 of Kalwa Police Station, Thane. The said crime has been registered against the applicant for having allegedly committed an offence punishable under sections 364-A, 395,120(B) of IPC. 3. The present applicant is one of the accused persons, who allegedly committed the offence on 1.9.2008 at 3 pm. There is no recovery at the instance of the present applicant. According T 2 to the prosecution, the entire property that was robbed by the accused persons, has been recovered at the instance of another accused Kiran Anvekar. The chargesheet has already been filed. Trial is likely to take long time. In the circumstances, I am satisfied that continued detention of the present applicant is not necessary. Hence, the following order. The applicant is directed to be enlarged on bail in the sum of Rs.25,000/- with two sureties to make up the said amount, subject to condition that the applicant shall report to the concerned police station on every Saturday between 6 and 7 pm till conclusion of the trial. While passing this order, I shall not be understood to have expressed any opinion on merits of the case and the trial Court shall deal with the case uninfluenced by the observations made in this order. Application is disposed of. (D. B. Bhosale, J.) 3