IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 4441 OF 2008 Rani Mohan Gaikwad ...Applicant Vs. The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent --- Shri Rahul Kadam i/b. Suhash Hulyalkar for Applicant Mrs. M.H. Mhatre, APP for State ---- CORAM: V.M. KANADE J. DATED 17TH MARCH, 2009 P.C. 1. Heard the learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the Applicant and the Learned APP for the State. 2. The Applicant has been arrested in connection with an offence punishable under section 364 (a) r/w. 34 of the Indian Penal Codere vide C.R. No. 208 of 2008 registered at Vishrambag Police Station. 3. It is alleged that the daughter of the Complainant Kum. Swanandi aged about 10 years had gone to the market to purchase the notebook, at that time, the Accused No.1 Sunilkumar Ramvilas Sing and the Applicant in furtherance of their common intention had kidnapped the said minor girl and brought her to Hotel Orient, Somwar Peth, Pune and demanded ransom of Rs.30,00,000/-. 4. The learned Counsel for the Applicant submitted that the chargesheet has been filed in the present case and the main accused Sunilkumar has been granted bail by the Sessions Court by order dated 12.9.2008. He submitted that the present Applicant, in fact, was responsible for saving life of the minor girl and she had assured that the girl would be send back to the house. 5. I have perused the complaint and the order passed by the Sessions Court granting bail to the original Accused No.2 Sunilkumar, in my view, the Applicant deserves to be released on the ground of parity. 6. The Applicant be released on bail in a sum of Rs.5,000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. One of the sureties shall be a local surety. The Applicant shall report to the concerned police station twice in a month. 7. Application is disposed of. V.M. KANADE J.