*1* IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.3888/2009 Shailesh Ankush Itadkar and another. ..Applicants -VERSUS- The State of Maharashtra. ..Respondent ............... Mr.H.S.Deshpande, Advocate for the Applicants. Ms.S.D.Shinde, A.P.P., for the Respondent/State. ............... CORAM: A.P.DESHPANDE, J. Dated 02nd September, 2009. PC:- 1 This is an application filed under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The Applicant No.1 is aged 20 years whereas the Applicant No.2 is aged 21 years. In connection with Crime No.I-144/2009 registered with Shantinagar Police Station, Bhiwandi for commission of the offences punishable under Sections 394, 341 r/w 34 of the Indian Penal Code, the Applicants are in custody. 2 According to the prosecution, when the Complainant was proceeding in his truck, the truck was intercepted by the present Applicants who had reached the scene of offence on the motorcycle. The Applicants have allegedly assaulted the Complainant viz. driver of the truck by entering in cabin of the truck and after assaulting him with fist blows, they snatched Rs.500/- from the pocket of the driver. 3 According to the learned counsel for the Applicants, the investigation is over and the charge sheet has been filed and no *2* further custody of the Applicants is needed. It is emphatically submitted that there is no criminal past record of the present Applicants and at no point of time any one of them has faced any prosecution whatsoever. 4 The Applicants are in custody since 23.04.2009. 5 The learned APP does not dispute the fact that the investigation is over and the charge sheet has been filed. She also does not dispute the fact that there are no criminal antecedents of the present Applicants. The Applicants are permanent residents of village Pimpalner, Tq.Bhiwandi and hence, their attendance can be secured. 6 Having regard to totality of the facts and circumstances and the nature of crime, I deem it appropriate to release the Applicants on bail. Hence, I pass the following order:- (a) The Applicants shall be released on bail on executing a personal bond in a sum of Rs.10,000/- each with one local solvent surety in the like amount. (b) The Applicants shall attend the concerned Police Station once a week i.e. on every Saturday in between 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm for a period of three months and thereafter, as and when it is so directed by the Investigating Officer. (c) The Application is allowed and disposed of accordingly. (A.P. Deshpande, J)