1 1 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.3547 OF 2008 Dashrath Harischandra Khambalkar .. Applicant. Vs. The State of Maharashtra .. Respondent. Mr.Navin Shrivastava for the applicant. Ms.A.T.Javeri A.P.P. for the State. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. DATED : 20TH NOVEMBER, 2008. DATED : 20TH NOVEMBER, 2008. DATED : 20TH NOVEMBER, 2008. 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.87 of 2008 of Charkop police station, Mumbai. The said crime has been registered against the applicant and one another for having allegedly committed an offence punishable under sections 392, 397 r/w 34 of the IPC. 3. Counsel for the applicant, at the outset submits that the applicant is entitled for bail on parity. He submits that in fact the role assigned to co-accused is more severe than the one assigned to the present applicant. I have perused the FIR and the other material placed before me. It is alleged that the applicant and the co-accused were proceeding 2 2 2 towards Malad in an auto rickshaw and when the driver of the auto rickshaw refused to proceed further at a particular point the co-accused at the point of knife threatened the auto rickshaw driver. Learned A.P.P. fairly submits that the applicant is entitled for bail on parity. In the circumstances this is a fit case to enlarge the applicant on bail. Hence the following order: . The applicant to be released on bail in the sum of Rs.10,000/- with one or two sureties of the like amount subject to condition that the applicant shall report to the concerned police station as and when called. . 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 without being influenced by the observations made in this order. (D.B.Bhosale, J.) (D.B.Bhosale, J.) (D.B.Bhosale, J.)