1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JUTISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 3716 OF 2009 Shri Iqbal Haider Shaikh .... Applicant. V/s The State of Maharashtra .... Respondent. Mr. Shahid Azmi for the applicant. Mrs. M.R. Tidake, APP for the State. CORAM: V.M. KANADE, J. DATE : 25TH NOVEMBER, 2009 P.C.: 1. Heard the learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the applicant and the learned APP appearing on behalf of the State. 2. Applicant was arrested in connection with the offence punishable under sections 399 and 400 of the Indian Penal Code registered at Mira Road Police Station vide C.R. No.I-448 of 2008. 3. Prosecution case is that the applicant, alongwith others, was apprehended on receipt of secret information that these accused were making preparation for committing dacoity. It is 2 submitted that all other accused have been released on bail. Applicant was driving a vehicle. The ornaments, currency notes, wrist watches, mobile phones and the weapons which were found in the car were placed on the back-seat of the car. 4. Applicant seeks bail on the ground of parity. Counsel for the applicant invited my attention to the order dated 11/06/2009 passed by this Court (Coram: D.B. Bhosale, J.) in Criminal Application No.2391 of 2009. 5. I have perused the said order passed by this Court. In my view, applicant is entitled to be released on bail on the ground of parity. He is in custody since 24/7/2008. There are no criminal antecedents against the present applicant. 6. Applicant be released on bail in C.R. No.I-448 of 2008 registered at Mira Road Police Station in the sum of Rs 5000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. He shall report to the concerned Police Station once in a month. 7. Application is disposed of. (V.M. KANADE, J.) 3