IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRI.APPLICATION NO.3262 OF 2008 CRI.APPLICATION NO.3262 OF 2008 CRI.APPLICATION NO.3262 OF 2008 Pratap Hanumant Gaikwad, .. Applicant. Vs The State of Maharashtra, Respondent. Mr A.P.Mundargi, senior counsel, h/f Mr K.S.Patil for the applicant. Ms P.P.Shinde, for the respondent. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE,J. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE,J. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE,J. DATE : 06/10/2008 DATE : 06/10/2008 DATE : 06/10/2008 PC: PC: PC: 1. Heard Mr.Mundargi, learned senior counsel for the applicant and Mr.Shinde, learned APP, for the State. 2. The applicant is seeking bail in connection with C.R.No.131 of 2007 of Lonikalbhor Police Station, Pune, for allegedly committing offences punishable under sections 395 and 341 of Indian Penal Code. The applicant along with four others have allegedly committed the said offences on 17.4.2007 by using police vehicle. The applicant and another accused Navnath Pingle are police constables. The bail application of Navnath Pingle, bearing Criminal Application No.942 of 2008, was considered by this Court (V.C.Daga, J.) on 24.6.2008 and he was enlarged on bail by recording the following reasons. "3. During the course of hearing, I was taken through the test identification parade and seizure memo to connect the present applicant with the alleged offence. According to the learned APP, there is no other material other than this. In these circumstances, there is hardly any possibility of tampering prosecution evidence. The applicant is already in custody from 6th June, 2007. Investigation is already over." 3. Mr Mundargi, learned senior counsel for the applicant, at the outset, took me through the test identification parade and pointed out that there is absolutely no difference between the role attributed and allegedly played by the applicant and the role of Navnath Pingle and in view thereof he prayed for bail on parity. Having confronted with this, Ms Shinde, learned APP, could not and did not dispute the submissions of Mr Mundargi. In the circumstances, I am inclined to grant bail to the applicant. Hence, the following order. 5. The applicant be enlarged on bail in the sum of Rs.25,000/- with one or two sureties to make the said amount, subject to the following conditions: that the applicant shall report to the concerned police station on every Friday between 3 and 5 pm till conclusion of the trial. (D.B.BHOSALE, J.) (D.B.BHOSALE, J.) (D.B.BHOSALE, J.)