1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 4316 OF 2009 Balaji Baburao Takale ...Applicant vs. The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent Mr.Priyal G. Sarda for the Applicant. Mr.Y.M.Nakhwa, APP for the State. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. DATED : NOVEMBER 10, 2009 P.C. :- 1 Heard Counsel for the applicant and APP for the State. 2 The applicant has been arrested in connection with an offence registered vide C.R.No. 83/2009 with Solapur Taluka Police Station for the offences punishable under Sections 302, 307, 147, 148, 149, 323, 504, 506 of the IPC and the 2 provisions of the Civil Rights Protection Act and provisions of Atrocities Act. 3 It is alleged that one Laxman Hake assaulted deceased Raju Mane with a sword. Some people intervened and tried to protect the deceased. At that time, the other group of accused belonging to Dhanger community came there and they pelted stones on the huts of persons belonging to Mahar community as a result of which some of them injured. 4 The learned Counsel for the applicant submits that the present applicant belongs to the second group who had pelted stones on the huts of the persons from Mahar community and he was not responsible in any manner for the death of the deceased. He also submitted that the other accused who had played a similar role were granted bail by this Court in Criminal Application No.3705 of 2009 in its order dated 1st September, 2009. 3 5 Since there was no dispute that these applicants belonged to second group of accused who had thrown stones on the huts of the persons to Mahar community, in my view, they deserve to be released on bail on the ground of parity. 6 The applicant, therefore, be released on bail in the sum of Rs.5000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount for the aforesaid offences. He shall report to the concerned police station once in a month. 7 The application is disposed of. (V.M. KANADE, J.)