1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRI.APPLICATION NO. 2123 OF 2009 Dharmaraj Shivanna Shikalwad .. Applicant Vs State of Maharashtra .. Respondent Mr. V. V. Purvant, Advocate for the Applicant. Mrs. S. D. Shinde, APP, for the Respondent. CORAM : D. B. BHOSALE, J. DATE : 30/06/2009 PC: 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned APP for the respondent. 2. The applicant is seeking bail in C.R.No.274 of 2008 of Faujdar Chawadi Police Station, Solapur. The said crime has been registered against the applicant and six others for having allegedly committed an offence punishable under sections 395, 397 read with 34 of IPC. T 2 3. Mr Purvant, learned counsel for the applicant, at the outset, submitted that except the statement of the co-accused, which is not admissible in evidence, and recovery of ornaments worth Rs.10,440/- and one motor cycle at the instance of the applicant, there is no other material on record to connect the applicant with the alleged offence. This submission of the learned counsel for the applicant has not been disputed by the learned APP and she fairly submitted that there is no other material on record to connect the applicant with the alleged offence. Admittedly, the applicant was not identified in the test identification parade. In view thereof, the learned counsel for the applicant submitted that, at the most, the applicant would be liable for punishment under section 412 of IPC. He further submitted that the chargesheet has already been filed and there are no criminal antecedents at the credit of the applicant. The trial is likely to take long time. Keeping that in view and having considered the submissions of the learned counsel for the applicant and overall facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to enlarge the applicant on bail. The applicant is directed to be enlarged on bail in the sum of Rs. 25,000/-, with two local sureties to make up the said amount, subject to the condition that the applicant 3 shall report to the concerned police station on every 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.)