1 abs FARAD CONTINUATION IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 5807 OF 2009 1. Deepak Prabhakar Chodkus 2. Rangnath Dagadu Chodkus .. Applicants V/s The State of Maharashtra .. Respondent ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Court's or Judge's Orders Coram, appearances, Court's Orders or directions and Registrar's Orders Mr. Rahul S. Kate for the applicant. Ms. M.H. Mhatre, A.P.P. for the State. CORAM : D.G. KARNIK, J. DATE : 23RD FEBRUARY 2010 P.C. : 1. Heard. 2. By this application, the applicants seek bail in connection with C.R. No. 200 of 2009 registered at Karmala Police Station, District Solapur, for an alleged offence punishable under sections 376, 341, 323m 504 read with 2 34 of the I.P.C. 3. The prosecutrix is working as a devdasi. She filed a F.I.R. on 8th August 2009 alleging that on the previous night at about 11.30 p.m. the accused nos.1 and 2 came to her house . When she was watching a T.V. along with another lady, seeing them the other lady went away. The applicants demanded money and as the prosecutrix did not give the money, the applicant no.2 assaulted her with a stick and took her inside the house and raped her. Thereafter both the applicants ran away by locking the door from outside. 4. The applicant no.1 has been arrested on 9th August 2009 and the applicant no.2 has been arrested on 2nd December 2009. Investigation is completed and the charge­sheet has been filed. Since investigation has been completed and the charge­sheet has been filed, presence of the applicants is not required for 3 the purpose of interrogation/investigation. 5. Taking into consideration all the facts including that there was one more lady present in the house at the time of the incident, but she left after seeing the present applicants, in my view, the applicants can be granted bail. Hence, I pass the following order: ORDER The applicants be released on bail on each of them executing personal bond of Rs.20,000/­ with two sureties of the like amount, subject to the condition that the applicants shall not threaten the prosecutrix and shall not even contact her. Breach of the condition shall result in cancellation of the bail forthwith. (D.G. KARNIK, J.)