* 1 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.931 OF 2009 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.844 OF 2009 Nimba Yesa Ahire ..... Applicant vs. The State of Maharashtra & Anr. ..... Respondents Mr. Pritesh Bohade Advocate for applicant/appellant. Mr.S.A. Shaikh, APP for State/respondent. CORAM : SMT.R.P.SONDURBALDOTA, J. DATED : 24TH AUGUST, 2009. PC : 1. Applicant who has been convicted of an offence punishable under section 135(a) of the Electricity Act 2003 and sentenced to suffer RI for three months and to pay a fine of Rs.5,000/-, has filed this application for continuation of bail granted to him during the trial by this Court. 2. It is the prosecution case that on 25th May, 2006 Junior Engineer was on checking duty of Electricity thefts. He noticed unauthorized line tapping by some persons out of which the applicant-appellant was one. The prosecution * 2 * has established that hooks were attached on the mail line of the pole from where the applicant and two other persons unauthorised drew electricity thereby committing its’s theft. 3. I have gone through the impugned order the supporting evidence. The finding of the Sessions Court is fully supported by the evidence. Besides in present times the offence of theft of electricity is a serious offence, being an offence against the society. Hence, the application for bail is rejected. [SMT.R.P.SONDURBALDOTA, J.]