1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 400 OF 2010 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 266 OF 2010 Amitkumar Upendra Pathak ...Applicant vs. The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent Mr.Rajbali Dupe for the Applicant. Mr.S.R. Shinde, APP for the State. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. DATED : APRIL 9, 2010 P.C. :- 1 Heard Counsel for the applicant and APP for the State. 2 The applicant has been convicted by the Sessions Court for the offence punishable under Sections 395, 397, 342 read with 34 of the IPC and sentenced to suffer R.I. for seven years. The 2 applicant is in jail since last three years and nine months. 3 The learned Counsel for the applicant invited my attention to order passed by this Court dated 8th April, 2009 in Criminal Application No.270 of 2009. He submitted that by the said order, the other three co-accused who are similarly situated as present applicant have been granted bail. He seeks bail on the ground of parity. 4 Since the applicant has already undergone more than 50% of the sentence and secondly, since the other co-accused against whom the similar allegations are made have been granted bail by this court, the applicant also deserves to be released on bail on the ground of parity. 4 Application is allowed. 5 The applicant be released on bail on 3 execution of P.R. Bond of Rs.5000/- 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 once in a month. 6 Application is disposed of. (V.M. KANADE, J.)