1 BA-1466.11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1466 OF 2011 {For Bail} Salman Sufiyan Shaikh .... Applicant Vs. The State of Maharashtra .... Respondent Shri Sharif Shaikh for the Applicant. Ms A.A. Mane, APP, for the State. CORAM: R.C. CHAVAN, J. DATED: OCTOBER 14, 2011 P.C: 1. This is an application for bail by a person who has been arrested and charge-sheeted for kidnapping a three-and-half year old child by name Sufiyan. The applicant is alleged to have led the police to the place where Sufiyan was kept in the house of Jamilabanu at Silvassa. Jamilabanu herself stated that the child was brought by her cousin Kalim Faiyaz Shaikh and kept at her house. Even Sufiyan stated that Kalim-chacha had taken him. 2. Considering the nature of the evidence collected against the applicant, the 2 BA-1466.11 applicant's being in custody pending trial may not be necessary. The applicant be released on bail in C.R.148 of 2011 of Dindoshi Police Station, Mumbai on his furnishing P.R. Bond in the sum of `25,000/- with one or more solvent sureties in the sum aggregating to `25,000/-. 3. The application accordingly stands disposed of. (R.C. CHAVAN, J.)