..(1).. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.2275 OF 2008 Mr.Vijay Devdan Kale. ..Applicant. Versus Versus Versus The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent. .... Mr.A.P.Mundargi, Sr.Counsel a/w. Mr.K.S.Patil, Adv. for applicant. Mr.S.S.Pednekar, APP, for the State. .... CORAM : SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J. CORAM : SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J. CORAM : SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J. DATED : 12th August, 2008. DATED : 12th August, 2008. DATED : 12th August, 2008. P.C.: 1. Heard the learned Counsel for the Applicant and the learned APP for the State. 2. The applicant is seeking bail in C.R.No.131 of 2007 of Loni Kalbhor Police Station, Pune. The said case is mainly under Section 395 of IPC. 3. The complainant was working with a jeweller. On 17.4.2007 the complainant was proceeding to Solapur with gold jewellery worth Rs.7.50 lakh belonging to his employer. One police vehicle chased the complainant. They made ..(2).. him get out of the vehicle, assaulted him and robbed him of gold ornaments worth Rs.7.50 lakh and a Nokia mobile. 4. The applicant is working as a police constable. There is recovery of gold ornaments of the approximate value of Rs.7.10 lakh at the instance of the applicant. The applicant has been identified by the complainant in the parade. 5. Mr.Mundargi has submitted that the applicant was arrested on 18.4.2007 and the TIP was held on 6.6.2007 and on account of this delay no reliance can be placed on the TIP. In my view delay in holding the TIP is an aspect which can be best gone into at the time of trial. There is enough material which connects the applicant with the crime. Moreover, it is seen that the applicant is a police constable. It is his duty to protect the life and the property of citizens. However, though he is a police constable he had indulged in the crime stated above. Looking to the material on record, I am not inclined to grant bail. Application for bail is rejected. ..(3).. (SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.) (SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.) (SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.)