1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 4370 OF 2009 Ravindra Chandrakant Bhise ...Applicant vs. State of Maharashtra ...Respondent Mr.Sachin Thombare for the Applicant. Mr.H.J. Dedhia, APP for the State. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. DATED : NOVEMBER 6, 2009 P.C. :- 1 Heard Counsel for the applicant and APP for the State. 2 The applicant has been arrested on 28th July, 2009 in connection with an offence under Sections 363, 394, 401 read with 34 of the IPC. 3 It is alleged that the applicant alongwith 2 three other persons posed to be passengers and they took lift from the complainant and after the complainant had driven the car for sometime, they threatened him with a revolver and asked him to get down from the car and thereafter, took away the car and sold it. A complaint was lodged by the driver of the said car and the applicant along with three others was arrested. The applicant has been identified by one of the witnesses in the test identification parade. 4 The learned Counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is a student and is not involved in any other offence. It is submitted that the chargesheet is filed and the trial is not likely to commence immediately in the near future. He submitted that no particular role has been assigned by any other witness against the present applicant. 5 The learned APP for the State submitted that during the investigation of the offence, the 3 police have discovered that the other two accused are involved in similar offences. He, however, fairly conceded that this is the first incident in which the present applicant is involved. In my view, taking into consideration the age of the applicant and the fact that he is not involved in any other incident and since the chargesheet now has been filed, the applicant is entitled to be released on bail, more particularly, because the trial is not likely to be over immediately in the near future. 6 The applicant 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 week. 7 The application is disposed of. (V.M. KANADE, J.)