1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1087 OF 2009 Ashok Laxman Jadhav ..... Applicant. V/s The State of Maharashtra ..... Respondent Mr. V.V. Purwant for the applicant. Mr. S.R. Shinde, APP for the State. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. DATE : 18th March, 2009 P.C: 1. Heard the learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the applicant and the learned APP for the State. 2. Applicant has been arrested in connection with the offence punishable under sections 376, 506 of the Indian Penal Code which is registered by Koregaon Police Station, Satara vide C.R. No.112 of 2008. Prosecutrix, admittedly, was above 16 years of age. Prosecution case is that while she was returning home from her field, the applicant caught hold of her and, thereafter, forcibly committed rape on her by threatening her. 3. Charge-sheet has been filed. Medical Certificate indicates that 2 no external or internal injuries were found on the person of the prosecutrix. Since the charge-sheet is filed and since the trial is not likely to begin for quite some time, applicant deserves to be released on bail subject to certain conditions being imposed on him. 4. Applicant be released on bail in C.R. No.112 of 2008 in the sum of Rs 5000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. Applicant, however, shall not enter the jurisdiction of Taluka Koregaon, pending the hearing and final disposal of the trial. He shall give his new residential address to the Superintendent of Police before his release. He shall report to the nearest Police Station from his new residence twice in a month. 5. Application is disposed of. (V.M. KANADE, J.)