IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 3991 OF 2009 Sarang Rajendra Salunkhe ..... ..... ...Applicant V/s The State of Maharashtra ..... ..... ..Respondent. Mr.Amin Solkar i/by Mr.A.Khamkhedekar, Adv. for the applicant. Mr.Y.M.Nakhwa, APP for the Respondent. CORAM: A.P.DESHPANDE, J. 8th October, 2009. PC: Heard. This is an application moved under section 439 of Criminal Procedure Code claiming regular bail by the applicant against whom an offence punishable under section 399 of IPC, section 3(25) of Arms Act and section 37(1) read with 135 of Bombay Police Act has been registered vide CR No.562/09 of Haveli police station, Pune. Learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that the applicant is in custody for the last about two months consequent upon arrest on 15.8.09. It is submitted that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and the applicant has never in the past been convicted for any offence whatsoever. It is submitted that father of the applicant is practicing advocate at Pune who has ancestral and other landed properties in the district of Pune. It is further submitted that the applicant has a good family background and there are no chances of the applicant fleeing from justice. Learned APP on the other has submitted that besides the offence forming part of present application one more case has been 1 registered against the present applicant subsequent to registration of offence in question and in the said case applicant has been released on bail for the offence punishable under section 380 and 427 of IPC. 2. It is the case of the prosecution that on receipt of intelligence the police party had been to agricultural field at Vadgaon-Sheri where some persons including the present applicant were preparing to committ dacoity on a jewllery shop and as such the present applicant and two others were apprehended at the spot and a sickle has been allegedly recovered from the present applicant. Barring this circumstance there is no other circumstance to connect the applicant with the crime in question. Having regard to the totality of facts and circumstances I am of the clear view that if bail is granted to the applicant, chances of applicant fleeing from justice appear to be remote. No useful purpose would be served by further continuing the applicant in custody. In the result I direct that the applicant-Sarang Rajendra Salunkhe shall be released on bail on executing personal bond in the sum of Rs.25,000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. The applicant shall attend the concerned police station once in a week on every Saturday between 4.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. till filing of the charge sheet, and cooperatein the investigation. Application is allowed in above terms and disposed of. 8.10.2009. 2