1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1101 OF 2009 Shri Munna @ Salim Qureshi ...... Applicant. V/s The State of Maharashtra ..... Respondent Mr. H.E. Mooman for the applicant. Mrs. M.H. Mhatre, APP for the State. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. DATE : 18th March, 2009 P.C:- 1. Heard the learned Counsel appearing for the applicant and the learned APP for the State. 2. Applicant has been arrested in connection with the offence punishable under section 454, 457. 380 of the Indian Penal Code. 3. Applicant was arrested on 21/8/2008. Charge-sheet already has been filed. The learned APP submits that the applicant is a habitual offender and, in all, 53 cases are pending against him. So far as present case is concerned, there is no material on record to implicate the present applicant. Applicant is not identified by the complainant. The incident of theft occurred in the house of the complainant from 5/10/2006 to 8/10/2006. Merely because number of 2 cases are pending against the applicant that by itself cannot be the ground for rejecting application for bail particularly when there is no material on record to implicate the present applicant in the present case. 4. Applicant, therefore, be released on bail in C.R. No.434 of 2006 in the sum of Rs 5000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. He shall report to the concerned Police Station twice in a month. 5. Application is disposed of. (V.M. KANADE, J.)