1 abs FARAD CONTINUATION IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 5188 OF 2009 Pandharinath Patil .. Applicant V/s State of Maharashtra .. Respondent ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Court's or Judge's Orders Coram, appearances, Court's Orders or directions and Registrar's Orders Ms. Sandhya A. Mailagir for the applicant. Mr. J.P. Kharge, A.P.P. for the State. CORAM : D.G. KARNIK, J. DATE : 12TH JANUARY 2010 P.C. : 1. Heard. 2. The applicant, who is the husband of the deceased, seeks bail in connection with C.R. No.I­53/2009 registered with Ganeshpuri Police Station, Bhiwandi. The alleged offence is principally under section 498­A of the I.P.C. 2 3. The applicant has been arrested on 26th May 2009. Investigation has been completed. Charge­sheet has been filed. Other co­accused, namely parents of the applicant and his sister, have been released on bail. 4. Since the investigation is complete and the charge­sheet has been filed, the custody of the applicant is not necessary for the purpose of investigation. No apprehension has been expressed that the applicant would abscond if the bail is granted. The applicant is in jail for more than 7 months and the trial is not likely to be concluded any time soon taking into consideration the present pendency of the matters before the trial court. In my view, the applicant is entitled to bail. Hence, I pass the following order: ORDER The applicant be released on bail in the sum of Rs.30,000/­ with one or two sureties to make 3 up the said amount, subject to the following conditions: (i) The applicant shall report to the concerned police station once a month between 1st and 5th of every British calendar month. (ii) The applicant shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence. (D.G. KARNIK, J.)