1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 653 OF 2010 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 271 OF 2008 Pintu @ Vishnu Bapurao Patil ...Applicant VS. The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent Mr.Daulat G. Khamkar for the Applicant. Mr.S.A. Shaikh, APP for the State. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. DATED : JULY 8, 2010 P.C. :- 1 Heard Counsel for the applicant and APP for the State. 2 The applicant has been convicted for the offence punsiahble under Sections 363, 366 and 354 of the IPC. It is alleged that the applicant abducted the prosecutrix and stayed with her for a period of nine days and had forcible sexual 2 intercourse with her. According to the proseuction, the age of the girl was below 16 years. This, however, is disputed by the applicant. In the present case, the applicant has been convicted for the offence punishable under Section 376 of the IPC and sentenced to suffer RI for 7 years and out of the 7 years, he has undergone 3 years and 9 months of the actual sentence. The age of the prosecutrix is disputed by the defence. Under these circumstances, therefore, continued detention of the applicant, in my view, is not necessary. 3 The applicant, therefore, be released on bail on execution of P.R. Bond in the sum of Rs. 5000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. He shall report to the concerned police station once in a month. 4 Application is disposed of. (V.M. KANADE, J.)