IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 4331 OF 2008 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 4331 OF 2008 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 4331 OF 2008 Santosh Dnyanoba Shinde ...Applicant (Orig.Accused No.1) vs. The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent Mr.Vikas Shivarkar for the Applicant. Mrs.M.H. Mhatre, APP for the State. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. DATED : JANUARY 28, 2009 DATED : JANUARY 28, 2009 DATED : JANUARY 28, 2009 P.C. :- P.C. :- P.C. :- 1. Heard Counsel for the applicant and APP for the State. 2. The applicant was arrested for an offence punishable under Sections 143, 147, 148, 149, 302 of the IPC vide C.R.No.502/2007 registered at Wanavadi Police Station, Pune. 3. It is alleged that 7 to 8 persons assaulted the complainant and the deceased and some of the accused assaulted the deceased with swords and sickles and leather belt, etc. The others assaulted him with fist blows and kick blows. No specific role has been - 2 - attributed to the present applicant. In the present case, the charge-sheet has already been filed. The trial is not likely to commence for sometime. Looking at the role attributed to the applicant, he deserves to be released on bail. 4. The applicant be released on bail in the sum of Rs.5000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount for the aforesaid offence. The applicant shall not enter the jurisdiction of Wanavadi Police Station, Pune, pending the hearing and final disposal of the trial. The applicant shall give his new address to the Superintendent of Jail before his release and shall report to the nearest police station from his new address once in a week. 5. The application is disposed of. (V.M. KANADE, J.) (V.M. KANADE, J.) (V.M. KANADE, J.)