1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JUTISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.2291 OF 2009 Raju Ashraf Shaikh U.T. No.3320/47/T .... Applicant. V/s The State of Maharashtra .... Respondent. Mrs. Nasreen Ayubi, advocate appointed for the applicant. Mrs. M.R. Tidake, APP for the State. CORAM: V.M. KANADE, J. DATE : 10TH NOVEMBER, 2009 P.C.: 1. Heard the learned Counsel for the applicant, who has been appointed to assist the Court and the learned APP for the State. 2. Applicant in the present case was arrested on 30/4/2006 in connection with the offence punishable under sections 395, 397 of the Indian Penal Code registered with Manikpur Police Station vide C.R. No. 136 of 2006. Applicant was remanded to judicial custody on 7/5/2006 and is in custody 2 since then. Criminal Trial is not likely to commence immediately and the applicant is languishing in jail since the date of his arrest almost for three and half years. There are no criminal antecedents and no further case has been filed against the present applicant. 3. Since the trial is not likely to commence immediately in the near future, continued detention of the applicant indefinitely in jail is not warranted. Applicant therefore deserves to be released on bail. 4. Applicant be released on bail in C.R. No.136 of 2006 registered with Manikpur Police Station for the offence Punishable under sections 395, 397 of the Indian Penal Code, in the sum of Rs 5000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. If the applicant is unable to furnish surety in the sum of Rs 5000/-, he may be released on personal bond in the like amount. In the event of his release on personal bond, applicant shall report to the concerned Police Station once in a week. If he is in a position to furnish surety in the sum of Rs 5000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount, he shall report to the concerned Police Station once in a month. 3 5. Writ be sent to Thane Central Prison and Manikpur Police Station. 6. Application is disposed of. (V.M. KANADE, J.)