1 BA-338.11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE - CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION NO.338 OF 2011 1. John Alex Pist & 2. Julesh @ Nevis John (Johny) Fernandes .... Applicants Vs. The State of Maharashtra .... Respondent Shri M.S. Mohite for the Applicants. Ms R.V. Newton, APP, for the State. CORAM: R.C. CHAVAN, J. DATED: MARCH 14, 2011 P.C: This is an application for bail by two persons who along with others have participated in an assault on one Pravin Vithal Bhoir and Rajesh Rao. The FIR shows that the applicants along with others chased the first informant whereas their other friends had run after Rajesh Rao. There is a general allegation that all those who ran after the first informant made the first informant fall down. Napoleon Lopez is alleged to have brandished a revolver. Napoleon seems to have died after this offence was registered. The co-accused Rocky and Laxman Koli held the legs of the first informant while 2 BA-338.11 Napoleon and Manya hit on the first informant's legs with iron pipes. The first informant suffered severe fractures on both the legs. The learned counsel for the applicants submits that even according to the FIR the role of the applicants was only of being the members of the crowd which was with Napoleon. They are not shown to have administered any blow on the first informant Pravin or Rajesh Rao. In view of this, the applicants being in custody for the purpose of the remaining part of the investigation, which seems to be small, since the learned APP, on instructions from API Hemraj Kumar present in the Court, states that charge-sheet would be filed shortly, or for the purpose of trial may not be necessary. The applicants could be released on bail by imposing stringent conditions to ensure that they do not indulge in any mischief. In view of this, the applicants be released on bail in C.R. No.I-12 of 2011 of Manikpur Police Station, Taluka Vasai, District Thane on their furnishing P.R. Bond in the sum of Rs.50,000/- each with one or more solvent sureties in the sum aggregating to Rs.50,000/- per applicant on the condition that they shall attend the police station concerned every day between 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. for the next fortnight and 3 BA-338.11 thereafter once a week, that is on every Sunday of the month in between 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. for the next six months should the trial extend to that length. The application accordingly stands disposed of. (R.C. CHAVAN, J.)