1 1 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.3720 OF 2008 1. Sunil Nagnath Parade 2. Balasaheb Manik Parade 3. Nanya @ Ravindra Balasaheb Parade 4. Manish @ Gajanan Sahaji Parade 5. Sudarshan Sahaji Parade Applicants Vs. The State of Maharashtra Respondent Mr.M.S.Mohite with Mr. S.V.Kotwal for applicants. Mr.K.V.Saste, A.P.P. for the State. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. DATED : 20TH OCTOBER, 2008. DATED : 20TH OCTOBER, 2008. DATED : 20TH OCTOBER, 2008. P.C.: . Heard Mr.Mohite with Mr.Kotwal, the learned counsel for the applicants and Mr.Saste, learned APP for the State. . The applicants have prayed for bail in C.R. No.41 of 2008 of Madha Police Station, Dist. Solapur. The said crime has been registered for an offence punishable under Sections 143, 147, 148, 326, 324, 504, 506 read with Section 149 of IPC. It appears 2 2 2 that there was a free fight between the two groups in the village on 26/6/2008 at 10.30 a.m. The persons belonging to both the groups sustained injuries in the alleged incident and they have filed cross complaints against each other. The applicant no.1 has filed FIR on the basis of which C.R. No.42 of 2008 has been registered against six accused belonging to the group of the complainant in the present case. The complainant in the present case is also an accused in C.R. No.42 of 2008. Five persons in the complainant’s group sustained injuries in the alleged offence out of which only Vijaykumar Parade and Subhash Parade sustained one injury each which are described as grievous by the Medical Officer. The injuries sustained by all others are described as simple in nature. Similarly two persons belonging to the group of the accused - the present applicants, sustained injuries and they both sustained simple injuries in nature. The accused in the cross complaint have already been released on bail. Keeping that in view and considering the nature of allegations, I am inclined to enlarge the applicants on bail. Hence I pass the following order: . Applicant no.1 - Sunil Nagnath Parade, applicant no.2 - Balasaheb Manik Parade, applicant 3 3 3 no.3 - Nanya @ Ravindra Balasaheb Parade, applicant no.4 - Manish @ Gajanan Sahaji Parade and applicant no.5 - Sudarshan Sahaji Parade are directed to be enlarged on bail in the sum of Rs.20,000/- each with one or two sureties of the like amount subject to the condition that all the five applicants shall stay outside Madha taluka for a period of one year and they shall keep informed their addresses to the concerned police station where they propose to stay during this period of one year from the date of their release. They shall also keep informed the name of the nearest police station from the place where they propose to stay and report to the said police station every Saturday between 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. till the conclusion of the trial. The applicants are also directed to produce a copy of this order before the said police station for the purposes of marking their attendance as ordered. . The trial Court shall endeavour to complete the trial as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of one year from today. If for any reason the trial does not get concluded within a period of one year, liberty to the applicants to apply for relaxation of condition. The applicants to produce copy of this order before the trial Court 4 4 4 within two weeks from the date of their release. . 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 without being influenced by the observations made in the order. . The application is accordingly disposed of. (D.B.Bhosale, J.) (D.B.Bhosale, J.) (D.B.Bhosale, J.)