BA-834-11.sxw 1 Dixit IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION NO.834 OF 2011 Shwetak @ Shwetya Bhaskar Nikalaje ... Applicant V/s. The State of Maharashtra, Thru’ Rajgadh Police Station, Pune ... Respondent Mr. P.G. Sarda, i/b. Mr. M.B. Zanwar, for the Applicant. Mrs. G.P. Mulekar, APP, for the Respondent. CORAM:- A.M. THIPSAY, J. DATED :- 30 TH JUNE, 2011. P.C. : 1. Heard. 2. The main contention advanced by the learned Advocate for the Applicant is that the case of the Applicant is on par with that of the co-accused Nikhil Avghade, who has been released on bail by this Court (Criminal Application No.310 of 2011, decided on 28th April, 2011) (Coram : R.C. Chavan, J.). In fact, it is his contention that the case of the present Applicant is on somewhat better footing than that of the said co-accused. The learned APP also submits that the Applicant has been arrested only on the basis of a statement made by a co-accused before Police. 3. Considering all the relevant aspects of the matter and since the case of the Applicant is certainly not worse than that of the co-accused – Nikhil Avghade, I am inclined to release the Applicant on bail. BA-834-11.sxw 2 Dixit 4. The Bail Application is allowed. 5. The Applicant is ordered to be released on bail in the sum of Rs.50,000/-, with one surety in like amount, or two sureties in the sum of Rs.25,000/-, on the condition that the Applicant shall report to the Police Station concerned everyday, between 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., till the trial is over. [A.M. THIPSAY, J.]