1 BA-285.11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE - CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION NO.285 OF 2011 Sandeep Sukur Lahange .... Applicant Vs. The State of Maharashtra .... Respondent Shri Kuldeep S. Patil for the Applicant. Ms P.P. Shinde, APP, for the State. CORAM: R.C. CHAVAN, J. DATED: MARCH 14, 2011 P.C: The applicant, who has been arrested in connection with an offence punishable under Section 376(g) of the IPC, seeks bail in a peculiar circumstance of the prosecutrix herself having filed an affidavit stating that the applicant was not involved in the commission of the said offence. This affidavit was got verified through the I.O. who states that the victim had indeed filed that affidavit without any pressure being applied to her and she states that the applicant is in fact her cousin. The report tendered by the I.O. is taken on the record. In view of this, there can be no reason to detain the applicant in jail 2 BA-285.11 pending the trial since the investigation is substantially over, though charge-sheet is not yet filed. In view of this, the applicant be released on bail in C.R. No.I-2 of 2011 of Manikpur Police Station, District Thane on his furnishing P.R. Bond in the sum of Rs.25,000/- with one or more solvent sureties in the sum aggregating to Rs.25,000/-. The application accordingly stands disposed of. (R.C. CHAVAN, J.)