1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR. CRIMINAL APPLICATION (BA) NO.57/2011 (Suresh Narayan Raut .vrs. State of Maharashtra) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions Court's or Judge's orders. and Registrar's orders Mr. J.B. Kasat, Advocate for applicant, Mrs. B.P. Maldhure, APP for non-applicant. .......... CORAM : P.D. KODE, J DATED : FEBRUARY 15, 2011 Heard. The prayer for bail made by the applicant/accused, who is of 60 years of age, in connection with Crime No.230/2010 registered with Akot Police Station for offence under Sections 376, 313, 420 r/w 34 of IPC deserves to be upheld in view of the prosecution reply does not reveal any concrete act committed by this applicant in connection with the rape allegedly committed by the son of the applicant with the prosecutrix by alluring her with promise to marry and to consent to have sexual relation. The same deserves to be upheld having regard to the character of prosecution evidence against the applicant as reflected from the material stated in the reply filed by the prosecution. However, the learned APP having pointed out that the 2 son of applicant-main accused is absconding, it will be necessary to impose stringent conditions to ensure that the presence of applicant is available for trial. Hence the order : The applicant is directed to be released on bail in connection with Crime No.230/2010 of Police Station, Akot, District – Akola upon furnishing P.R. Bond in the sum of Rs.50,000/- with one solvent surety in the like amount and subject to the conditions that applicant: (i) shall attend the investigating officer in connection with the investigation in between 11.00 am to 2.00 pm on every day for a period of 15 days and, thereafter, every Monday till filing of chargesheet; (ii) shall stay at the address mentioned in the application and shall not change the same without permission of the Court; (iii) shall not indulge in any activity of tampering prosecution evidence, (iv) shall not commit any offence while on bail. The application stands disposed of. JUDGE Gulande