1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 531 OF 2009 Mr. Alam Shabbir Mutwan .... Applicant. V/s The State of Maharashtra & Anr. ..... Respondents. Mr. R.R. Tripathi for the applicant. Mr. S.S. Pednekar, APP for the State. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. DATE : 4th March, 2009 P.C:- 1. Heard the learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the applicant and the learned APP for the State. 2. Applicant has been arrested in connection with the offence punishable under section 394 read with section 34 of the Indian Penal Code which is registered at Shanti Nagar Police Station, Thane, Bhiwandi. Charge-sheet has already been filed. 3. Taking into consideration the nature of allegations which are made in the present complaint, continued detention of the applicant, in my view, is not necessary since the trial is not likely to begin in the immediate near future. The offence is not punishable with death or imprisonment for 2 life. 4. Applicant, therefore, be released on bail in the sum of Rs 5000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. He shall report to the concerned Police Station once in a month. 5. Application is disposed of. (V.M. KANADE, J.)