1 abs FARAD CONTINUATION IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 649 OF 2010 Ashish Anil Pandey .. Applicant V/s The 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 Mr. Alok Singh with Mr. Mahesh Prajapati i/b ABG & Associates for the applicant. Mr. S.N. Gawade, A.P.P. for the State. CORAM : D.G. KARNIK, J. DATE : 25TH FEBRUARY 2010 P.C. : 1. Heard. 2. By this application, the applicant seeks pre-arrest bail in connection with C.R. No. 4 of 2010 registered at Kasturba Marg Police Station, Mumbai, for an alleged offence punishable under sections 324, 504 with 34 of 2 the I.P.C. 3. On 3rd January 2010, a first information report was lodged by Jatin Shah (for short “the complainant”) that he was assaulted by two unknown persons with the help of one Amit Pande on account of a past quarrel with Bhaskar Panwala, at his instance. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that Amit Pandey has been granted pre-arrest bail by the Sessions Court at Borivali vide order dated 19th January 2010 passed in Anticipatory Bail Application No.11 of 2010. He further submitted that another person, viz. Bhaskar Narsimha Shetty, has also been granted pre-arrest bail by the Sessions Court vide order dated 22nd January 2010 passed in Anticipatory Bail Application No. 25 of 2010. He therefore prays that the applicant be granted bail on the ground of parity and also on the ground that there is no prima facie material available 3 connecting the applicant to the crime. 5. Learned A.P.P. on instructions of Mr. Ravindra Rane, P.S.I. attached to Kasturba Marg Police Station, was unable to point out any material connecting the applicant to the crime. Even assuming that the applicant is one of the unnamed persons in the F.I.R., the named persons have been granted bail by the Sessions Court. Hence, on the ground of parity, the applicant can be granted anticipatory bail. I therefore pass the following order:- ORDER In the event the applicant is arrested in connection with C.R. No. 4 of 2010 registered at Kasturba Marg Police Station, Mumbai, he shall be released on bail on executing a P.R. bond of Rs.15,000/- with two sureties of the like amount. (D.G. KARNIK, J.)