IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.124 OF 2009 Bharat Prakash Ghavane ...Applicant Vs. The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent --- Shri Jaydeep D. Mane for Applicant Shri Rajesh More APP for State ---- CORAM: V.M. KANADE J. DATED 28TH JANUARY, 2009 P.C. 1. Heard the learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the Applicant and the learned APP for the State. 2. The Applicant has been arrested in connection with an offence punishable under section 376 of the Indian Penal Code registered vide C.R. No.143/2008 at Vairag Police Station. 3. The prosecutrix is a married lady having two children. Initially the first statement given by her dated 2.8.2008 in which she had stated that on 30.7.2008, she accidently inhaled some insecticide and lost her consciousness and after sometime when she regained her consciousness, one Mahadeo Sakharam Thakre gave her first aid. Thereafter, her second statement was recorded, in which she alleged that the Applicant had forcibly committed rape. 4. In view of the contradictory statements made by her, in my view, the Applicant deserves to be released on bail. 5. Perusal of the statement dated 2.8.2008 and the complaint dated 31.8.2008, it is apparent that the said statement is incomplete and contradictory as what she had stated in the statement dated 31.8.2008. 6. Under these circumstances, the Applicant be released on bail in a sum of Rs.5,000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. The Applicant shall report to the concerned police station, as and when called. 7. Application is disposed of V.M. KANADE J.