jpc ba1004.sxw 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION NO. 1004 OF 2011 Ravindra Hanumant Rane ... Applicant Versus The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent Mr. Subhash Jha i/by Mr. Subhash Hulyalkar for the applicant Mr. J. P. Kharge, APP for the State CORAM:- A.M. THIPSAY, J. DATED :- 13th July, 2011. P.C. : 1. Heard Mr. Subhash Jha, the learned advocate for the applicant and Mr. Kharge, the learned APP for the State. 2. I have glanced through the bail applications and the annexures thereto. A copy of the charge sheet is tendered by the learned APP and the same is taken on record. The applicant is alleged to have committed an offence punishable under section 395 of the Indian Penal Code. He is in custody since 29th July, 2010. 3. Two of the dacoits were apprehended on the spot. Admittedly, the applicant is not one of them. The applicant is said to have managed to escape from the scene of the offence. jpc ba1004.sxw 2 4. The applicant is said to have been identified by the first informant as one of the offenders in Test Identification Parade which was held on 4th November, 2010. Except such identification, there is no other material to connect the applicant with the alleged offence. No part of the robbed property is said to have been recovered at his instance. 5. It is stated that there two previous criminal cases pending against the applicant. However, considering the period spent by the applicant as an under trial prisoner in this case, the nature of material that is available against him, and that the trial has not yet commenced, I am inclined to release the applicant on bail. 6. The application is allowed. 7. The applicant is ordered to be released on bail in the sum of Rs. 30,000/- (Rupees thirty thousand) with one surety in like amount or two sureties in the some of Rs.15,000/- each. (A.M. THIPSAY, J.)