1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MUMBAI CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.2391 OF 2009 Akbar Sultan Saifi .. Applicant. Vs. State of Maharashtra .. Respondents. Mr.Kuldip S.Patil for the applicant. Mr.K.V.Saste A.P.P. for the State. Coram: D.B. BHOSALE, J. Dated : 11th June, 2009 P.C. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The applicant is seeking bail in C.R. No.I-448 of 2009 of Mira Road police station. The said crime has been registered against the applicant and others for having allegedly committed an offence punishable under sections 399, 400 and 402 of I.P.C. 3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on 24.7.2008, the complainant and others, on receipt of secret information, apprehended the present applicant and five others who were 2 allegedly making preparation for committing dacoity. They all were in the car in which some ornaments, currency notes, wrist watches, mobile phones and some weapons were found. Mr.Patil, learned counsel for the applicant at the outset invited my attention to the order passed by this court dated 4.3.2009 and submitted that the applicant is entitled for bail on parity. By the order dated 4.3.2009, two accused, who were apprehended alongwith the applicant, were granted bail. Mr.Saste, learned A.P.P., however, submitted that they were released on bail because there were no criminal antecedents against those accused, and so far as present applicant is concerned, there are 5-6 cases of similar nature registered against the present applicant. Mr.Patil submitted that all those cases are registered against the present applicant in respect of the articles found in the car when they were apprehended on 24.7.2008. He submitted that there is no reason why the police registered those cases only against the present applicant and not against the other accused who were apprehended alongwith the present applicant. He submitted that merely because the other cases are pending against the applicant, he cannot be denied bail in the instant case. Having regard to the submission of learned counsel for the parties and considering overall facts and circumstances of the case and that the applicant is in custody since 24.7.2008 I am inclined to release him on bail. Hence the 3 following order: The applicant to be enlarged on bail in the sum of Rs.25,000/- with two sureties to make up the said amount, subject to the condition that the applicant shall report to the concerned police station on every Saturday between 6 pm and 7 pm till conclusion of the trial. While passing this order, I shall not be understood to have expressed any opinion on merits of the case and the trial Court shall deal with the case uninfluenced by the observations made in this order. The application is disposed of. (D.B. BHOSALE, J.)