/ 1 / IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1208 OF 2008 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.1112 OF 2008 WITH CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1209 OF 2008 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.1112 OF 2008 Jitendra Ashok Gosavi (Jadhav) ...Applicants Vs. The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent --- Shri K.S. Patil for Applicants Shri S.S. Pednekdar APP for Respondents ---- CORAM: V.M. KANADE J. DATED 23RD OCTOBER, 2008 P.C. 1. Heard. 2. Admit. 3. The Applicant has been convicted under sections 366, 376, 504 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to suffer R.I. for seven months. 4. The prosecution case is that the Applicant forcibly took the prosecutrix Mukta, when she waiting at the S.T.Stand to go to college. He forcibly took her to Kolhapur by S.T. bus. The prosecution case is that from Kolhapur, he took her to various places. The prosecutrix was with the / 2 / Applicant from 25.3.2007 to 31.3.2007. 5. The Prosecutrix was admittedly 19 years of age and has traveled with the Applicant from place to place. The defence is that the Prosecutrix and Applicants had eloped together with an intention of getting married. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case, in my view, the Applicant has made out the case for grant of bail. The Applicant be released on bail in a sum of Rs.5,000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. The Applicant shall report to Kundal Police Station, as and when called. V.M. KANADE J.