..(1).. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.2496 OF 2008 Ravindra Raosaheb Sutar. ..Applicant. Versus Versus Versus State of Maharashtra ..Respondent. .... Mr.D.V.Sutar, Adv. for the applicant. Mr.V.B.Konde-Deshmukh, APP, for the State. .... CORAM : SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J. CORAM : SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J. CORAM : SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J. DATED : 27th August, 2008. DATED : 27th August, 2008. DATED : 27th August, 2008. P.C.: 1. Heard the learned Advocate for the Applicant and the learned APP for the State. 2. The applicant is seeking bail in C.R.No.35 of 2008 of Kurandwad Police Station. The said case is mainly under Section 376 of IPC. 3. It is the case of the prosecutrix that one Yasin committed rape on her. The applicant is the friend of Yasin. The case of the prosecutrix is that Yasin and the applicant made her sit on a cycle. Thereafter, the applicant went away. Yasin took the prosecutrix to a room behind ..(2).. Gurudatta Factory. The room was closed. Hence Yasin climbed up and entered into the room and he unlocked the door of the room from inside. Then Yasin took the prosecutrix into the room and committed rape on her. On the next day, the prosecutrix and Yasin went walking to Kurundwad village. They stopped near statue of Shivaji. At that time, the applicant and one Bandu Kumbhar came to the spot. All four of them then went walking. At about 2.00 p.m. they went to a lodge. However, thereafter the applicant went away. On the next day, the applicant approached the prosecutrix and Yasin. The applicant convinced the prosecutrix and Yasin and thereafter the prosecutrix was handed over into the custody of her father. It is not the prosecution case that the applicant committed rape on the prosecutrix. Looking to the role played by the applicant and looking to the fact that the applicant himself convinced Yasin and the prosecutrix and thereafter the prosecutrix came to be handed into the custody of her father, I am inclined to grant bail to the applicant. 4. The applicant - Ravindra Raosaheb Sutar to ..(3).. be released on bail in the sum of Rs.20,000/- with one or two sureties to make up the said amount. The applicant shall report to Kurandwad Police Station as and when required, till conclusion of the trial. 5. Criminal Application is disposed of accordingly. (SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.) (SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.) (SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.)