IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 2359 OF 2009 ALONGWITH CRIMINAL APPLICATION NOS. 2360 2361 & 2362 ORF 2009 Ali Hasan Khan ........ Applicant versus The State of Maharashtra ........Respondent. Mr. Vaibhav Jathur i/b M.G. Gargote adv. for the Applicant Mrs. P.P. Shinde APP. for the Respondent/State. CORAM: A. P DESHPANDE, J. DATED : 11th August, 2009. P. C.: 1. The applicant is arrested in C.R. No. 265/08 under section 379 of IPC with Kondhwa police station. The applicant came to be arrested on 3-12-2008 and since then for last more than eight months he is in custody. The applicant is charged for commission of theft of a motor cycle. Three other cases are also registered bearing C.R. Nos. 254/08, 264/08 and 253/08 and the date of arrest is shown as 17-12-2008, 18-12-2008 and 16-12-2008 repectively. According to the learned counsel for the applicant, on the applicant’s arrest in the present case, other cases are registered against him. It is emphatically contended that all the two wheelers which constitute the subject matter of theft are recovered and the investigation is completed and in all the cases charge sheets have been filed. In this facts situation, the submission is that maximum punishment for offence under section 379 IPC is three years and as the applicant is already in custody for last eight months, he is entitled to be released on bail. Having regard to the fact that the investigation in all the cases is over and the charge sheets have been filed, I deem it appropriate to release the applicant on bail. Hence I pass the following order. 2, The applicant shall be released on bail on executing personal bond in the sum of Rs. 10,000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount in each of the C. Rs. bearing nos. 265/08, 254/08, 264/08 and 253/08. The applicant shall attend Kondhwa police station once a week on every Sunday in between 5 to 7 p.m. till conclusion of the trial of these cases. Application is thus disposed of. (A. P. Deshpande, J.)