SM 1 903.ba.487.11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION NO. 487 OF 2011 Mohamad Rafique Jamaludin Jaral (The Applicant is in Thane Jail, Thane) ....Applicant Versus The State of Maharashtara ....Respondent ____________ Mr. Raju Yamgar i/b Mr. Waseem Y. Shaikh, Advocate for the Applicant. Mr. K. V. Saste, APP for the Respondent - State. CORAM: A. M. THIPSAY, J. DATED : 5 ST JULY, 2011. P.C.: Heard. 2. I have gone through the copy of the Charge-sheet that is annexed to the Bail Application. 3. Six persons are alleged to have committed dacoity on 22nd May, 2010 by robbing iron rods worth Rs.3,15,000/- from a construction site. There were two watchmen, one Sanjay Singh and Rupen Chouan, but they did not report about the matter to the police. They reported the matter to an employee of the builder who lodged the First Information Report with the police. In the SM 2 903.ba.487.11 course of investigation, 5 persons came to be arrested; and 8 persons are said to 'be wanted'. 4. In the course of investigation, almost the entire property came to be recovered from the Accused No. 5. That Accused has been released on bail. 5. So far as the Applicant is concerned, he has been identified as one of the culprits by the said Rupen Chouan the watchman. It was on 23rd August, 2010, in the test identification parade that was held. 6. Except the identification by a solitary witness, there is no other material to connect the Applicant with the alleged offence. The Applicant is in custody since last about one year. The trial has not yet commenced. 7. Considering all the relevant aspects of the matter, I am inclined to release the Applicant on bail . 8. The Application is allowed. 9. The Applicant is ordered to be released on bail in the SM 3 903.ba.487.11 sum of Rs.40,000/- (Rupees Forty Thousands) with one surety in like amount, or two sureties in the sum of Rs.20,000/- each. (A. M. THIPSAY, J.)