1 ABA 500.11.sxw JPP IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE SIDE JURISDICTION ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 500 OF 2011 Habib Rajjak Shaikh. ... Applicant. V/s. The State of Maharashtra. ... Respondent. Mr. Amin Solkar for the Applicant. Mrs. A.A. Mane, APP for the State. CORAM : A.M. THIPSAY, J. DATED : 17th JUNE 2011. P.C. :- Heard. 2. I have gone through the FIR. It is clear that the allegations that have been levelled are basically against the Accused No.1 – Mohd. Ali Shahabuddin. The allegation against the present Applicant is that he abetted the commission of rape by the said accused on the victim. 3, The FIR gives a number of details of incidents spanning over a considerable period of time, but the Applicant appears to be involved only in one incident. The claim is that the Applicant had taken the said Accused No.1 and the victim to a lodge, in his own car where the rape was, allegedly committed 2 ABA 500.11.sxw by the said Accused No.1. It also appears that, at that time, the Applicant himself was accompanied by his friend – (according to Mr. Solkar, she was the wife of the Applicant) – and that he also had booked another room in the lodge, where he spent time with the said woman. 4. Considering the nature of allegations against the Applicant and the role attributed to him, I think it fit to grant the anticipatory bail to him. 5. In the event of his arrest, the Applicant be released on bail in the sum of Rs.15,000/-, with one surety in like amount, on condition to attend the concerned Police Station and make himself available for investigation/interrogation, as and when required by the Investigating Officer. (A.M. THIPSAY,J.)