1 BA-553.11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.553 OF 2011 {For Bail} Pradheer Pratapsingh Rathore .... Applicant Vs. State of Maharashtra .... Respondent Shri B.A. Aloor for the Applicant. Ms G.P. Mulekar, APP, for the State. CORAM: R.C. CHAVAN, J. DATED: APRIL 28, 2011 P.C: This is an application for bail by a person against whom allegations of rape were made almost nine years after the first intercourse in the year 2002. The victim's elaborate FIR shows that the victim had been visiting the applicant's place in a different city from time to time. She also got herself transferred from Mumbai to Pune, where the applicant was employed, in order to continue relations with the applicant and thereafter has come up with this complaint. Considering the nature of the allegations made, the applicant's being in custody for the purpose of further 2 BA-553.11 investigation or trial is not necessary. Hence the application is allowed. The applicant be released on bail on his furnishing P.R. Bond in the sum of Rs.15,000/- with one or more solvent sureties in the sum aggregating to Rs.15,000/-. The application accordingly stands disposed of. (R.C. CHAVAN, J.)