jpc ba647-11.sxw 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION NO. 647 OF 2011 Umedsingh Pratapsingh Solanki ... Applicant Versus The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent Mr. Sachin Chandan, i/by Mr. Irfan A. Shaikh, for the applicant Mrs. S. D. Shinde, APP for the State CORAM:- A.M. THIPSAY, J. DATED :- 13th July, 2011. P.C. : 1. Heard Mr. Sachin Chandan, the learned advocate for the applicant and Mrs. Shinde, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. 2. I have gone through the bail application and the annexures thereto, as also the copy of the charge sheet that is tendered by the learned A.P.P. 3. The victim eloped with one Parshuram- the co-accused in this case. The said co-accused and the victim stayed in the house of the present applicant for about 15 days. According to the victim, the said co-accused- Parshuram repeatedly raped her during this period of 15 jpc ba647-11.sxw 2 days. The applicant is involved in the alleged offence on the ground that he abetted the commission of rape by the said co-accused. The abetment is said to have been only by providing accommodation to the victim and the and the said co-accused-Parshuram, and by permitting them to stay in his house. The applicant is in custody since 2nd March, 2011. Investigation is over and the charge sheet has already been filed. 4. Considering all the relevant aspects of the matter, including the role that is attributed to the applicant in the alleged offence, I am inclined to release the applicant on bail. 5. The application is allowed. 6. The applicant is ordered to be released on bail in the sum of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand only) with one surety in like amount. (A.M. THIPSAY, J.)