1 BA 370-2011 Anand IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.370 OF 2011 Akhlaq Mustakim Khan alias Bhola ..Applicant V/s. The State of Maharashtra ..Respondent Mr.Amin Solkar, Advocate, for the Applicant Mrs.P.P.Shinde, APP, for the Respondent - State CORAM : R.C.CHAVAN, J. DATE : 29TH APRIL, 2011 P.C. . This is an application for bail by one Akhlaq alias Bhola, who is arrested in connection with C.R.No.I-39 of 2010 for the offence punishable under Sections 302, 397, 109 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code registered with Nhava-Sheva Police Station whose brother Laddu had committed murder of one Shabbir. Investigation is complete and charge sheet has been filed. Except for utterance of Laddu before several witnesses that the present applicant had 2 BA 370-2011 either permitted Laddu to kill Shabbir or had told Laddu to kill Shabbir, there is no evidence against the present applicant. It also appears that the present applicant had asked Shabbir to employ Laddu. One Mohammad Rafique Mohammad Yusuf Khan, stated that Laddu was in fact employed after intervention by the present applicant and Shabbir's wife. This could be examined by the learned Trial Judge at the trial. So it is not clear why applicant's detention in custody would be necessary pending trial. The learned APP submits that the applicant is resident of Uttar Pradesh and therefore, may abscond and may not be available for trial. This can be taken care of by imposing stringent conditions. 2. In view of this, applicant be released on bail on his furnishing P.R.Bond of Rs. 50,000/- with one or more solvent sureties in the aggregate sum of Rs.50,000/- on the 3 BA 370-2011 condition that the applicant shall report at the Nhava-Sheva Police Station initially on every Sunday between 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. for a period of three months and thereafter, on the 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month between 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. for a period of next three months and thereafter, on the 1st Sunday of the month between 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., if the trial is still not over, till the trial is over. 3. Criminal Application is disposed of. (R.C.CHAVAN, J.)