1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRI.APPLICATION NO.1442 OF 2009 Prashant Tukaram Bhosale, .. Applicant Vs State of Maharashtra .. Respondent Mr. Sandeep S Salunkhe, Advocate for the Applicant. Mrs. P. P. Shinde, APP, for the Respondent. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. DATE : 07/07/2009 PC: 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned APP for the respondent. 2. The applicant is seeking bail in C.R. No. 307 of 2008 of Mohol Police Station. The said crime has been registered against the applicant and six others for having allegedly committed an offence punishable under sections 395, 397, 365, 201, 120-B of IPC. 3. Mr Salunkhe, learned counsel for the applicant, at the outset, invited my attention to the order passed by this Court dated 5.3.2009 in Criminal Application No. 1015 of 2009 and the order passed by the Sessions Court dated 31.12.2008 in Criminal Application No.1455 of 2008 and submitted that the T 2 present applicant is entitled for bail on parity. He submitted that there is absolutely no difference between the role allegedly played by the present applicant and the other accused, who are released on bail. Ms.Shinde, learned APP, could not and did not dispute the submissions advanced by the learned counsel for the applicant. In view thereof, this application is allowed. The applicant is directed to be enlarged on bail in the sum of Rs.5,000/- with one or two sureties to make up the said amount, subject to the condition that the applicant shall report to the concerned police station on every alternate Saturday between 6 and 7 pm till conclusion of the trial. While passing this order I shall not be understood to have expressed any opinion on merits of the case and the trial Court shall deal with the case uninfluenced by the observations made in this order. Application is disposed of. (D. B. Bhosale, J.) 3