1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR. CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1637 OF 2010 (Ankush Pandhari Kohapare and another .v. State of Maharashtra) Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram appearances, Court's orders or directions Court's or Judge's Orders and Registrar's orders. Shri Rohit Joshi, Advocate for the applicants. Shri A.S. Parihar, APP for the respondent/State. CORAM : PRASANNA B. VARALE, J. 29TH OCTOBER, 2010. Heard. By the present application, the applicants are seeking bail in connection with Crime No.163/2010 registered with Police Station, Gadchiroli for the offence punishable under Sections 376, 363, 506 and 114 of the Indian Penal Code. Learned Counsel for the applicants submits that even bare perusal of FIR would show that the victim prosecutrix had not alleged any act of exploitation at the hands of the applicants. The main allegations are against one Omprakash Madavi. He further submits that even as per the allegations of the complainant, the incident of the sexual exploitation committed by Omprakash in the month of December, 2009; whereas the report is lodged at least eight months later i.e. on 25.09.2010. He also submits that as per the reply filed by the State, the investigation is nearing completion. It is not the case of the prosecution that anything has to be recovered at the hands of the present application. Learned Counsel for the applicants submits that the applicants are willing and ready to abide by the conditions as imposed by this Court and they will extend their cooperation to the investigating agency. In view of the submissions made by the learned Counsel for the applicants and in view of the reply filed by the State, the case is made out for releasing the applicants on bail. In the result, Criminal Application is allowed. The applicants are ordered to be released on bail on furnishing PR 2 bond of Rs.20,000/- each (rupees twenty thousand) with one surety each in the like amount, on the following conditions. (i) The applicants to cooperate with the investigating agency and attend the Police Station, Gadchiroli on every 1st and 3rd Sunday between 09:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon for three months or till the charge sheet is filed, whichever is earlier. (ii) The applicants shall not tamper with the evidence nor commit any act such as contacting the prosecution witnesses or pressurize them. (iii) The applicants to submit their residential addresses and their contact numbers such as phone/mobile numbers to the investigating agency. (iv) In case the applicants are moving out of the area of Police Station, Gadchiroli, they shall inform the Police Station about their visit to other place. In case of breach of these conditions, the prosecution agency to take necessary steps in accordance with the provisions of law. JUDGE *rrg.