BA-680-11.sxw 1 Dixit IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION NO.680 OF 2011 Mahadev Tamappa Jungan ... Applicant V/s. The State of Maharashtra, Thru' Sahu Nagar Police Station ... Respondent Ms. Anjali Patil for the Applicant. Mr. K.V. Saste, APP, for the Respondent. CORAM:- A.M. THIPSAY, J. DATED :- 13 TH JULY, 2011. P.C. : 1. Heard. 2. I have gone through the copy of the Charge-Sheet that is annexed to the Bail Application. 3. Undoubtedly, there exists a prima facie case against the Applicant. However, the Applicant is in custody since October, 2010. The trial has not yet commenced. Though it is mentioned that the Applicant has past criminal record, no details of any past cases are given. Even on specific questioning, the learned APP is unable to give any such details and states that there is no such record or details in the papers that have been brought by the ASI from the concerned Police Station. 4. Ms. Patil, the learned Advocate for the Applicant, states that the Applicant is ready to abide by any conditions, as this Court may impose, while releasing him on bail and may even undertake not to enter the relevant area till the disposal of the case against him. The co-accused have been released on bail. BA-680-11.sxw 2 Dixit 5. Under the circumstances, I am inclined to release the Applicant on bail, subject to certain conditions. 6. The Bail Application is allowed. 7. The Applicant is ordered to be released on bail in the sum of Rs.30,000/-, with one surety in like amount, or two sureties in the sum of Rs.15,000/- each, on the following conditions : (i). The Applicant shall not enter in the area within the jurisdiction of Shahu Nagar Police Station, Mumbai, till the disposal of the case against him. (ii). The Applicant shall inform to the Investigating Officer the address where he would be staying. 8. The trial Court is directed to expedite the trial and endeavour to complete it within a period of nine months from the date of receipt of this order. [A.M. THIPSAY, J.]