1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MUMBAI CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.3017 OF 2009 Sachin Vishwanath Deshmukh .. Applicant. Vs. State of Maharashtra .. Respondents. Mr.Mahendra Kawchale for the applicant. Mr.S.S.Pednekar A.P.P. for the State. Coram: D.B. BHOSALE, J. Dated : 14TH JULY, 2009 P.C. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The applicant is seeking bail in C.R.No.443 of 2008 of Bund Garden police station, District Pune. The crime has been registered against the applicant and two others for having allegedly committed an offence punishable under sections 376, 506(1) r/w 34of IPC. 3. I have perused the statement of the prosecutrix – Sonali Shantaram Pawar. On the date of incident the prosecutrix was hardly 16 years old. She has stated in detail as to how she was raped by the present applicant and she has also explained the delay in lodging the FIR. The incident occurred on 25.10.2008 while the FIR was lodged on 11.11.2008. Having considered the 2 nature of allegations made by the prosecutrix and her explanation for delay in lodging the FIR, in my opinion, this is not a fit case to enlarge the applicant on bail. Hence the application is rejected. While passing this order I shall not be understood to have expressed any opinion on merits of the case and the trial Court shall deal with the case uninfluenced by the observations made in this order. Application is disposed of. (D. B. Bhosale, J.)