1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR Criminal Application (BA) No. 509/2011 Jimmy @ Shrawan S/o. Ramlakhan Mishra ..Vs.. State of Maharashtra Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, Appearances, Courts orders or directions Court’s or Judge’s orders and Registrar’s orders. Mr. A. M. Rizwy, Advocate for the Applicant Mr. N. R. Rode, A.P.P. for the respondent CORAM : U.V. BAKRE, J. DATED : 22.9.2011. 1. Heard Mr. A. M. Rizwy, learned Advocate for the Applicant and Mr. N. R. Rode, learned A.P.P. for the respondent. 2. The applicant, who has been arrested in Gittikhadan Police Station Crime No. 162/2011 registered for offence punishable under Sections 364-A, 395, 397 read with Section 435 of the Indian Penal Code, has filed the instant application for bail. 3. The allegation against the applicant and others is that on 18/06/2011, they demanded Rs. 20,000/- from the complainant Gautam Maghade and, thereafter, at 7.30 p.m. called him near the flour mill situated near the police quarters and he was taken to Nara Road, Jaripatka, Nagpur and his motorcycle was burnt. It is further alleged that the applicant assaulted complainant with knife on his back and others also assaulted him with fist blows and kicks and they snatched his mobile, gold ring and cash amount of Rs. 2,500/-, all worth Rs. 14,500/-. 4. The respondent has filed reply resisting the application. 2 5. It is seen that the present applicant is 23 years old and is a student of B.Com, studying in Annasaheb Gundewar College, Katol Road, Nagpur. One of the co-accused namely Anand Shukla, who is a travel agent, has already been released on bail by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Nagpur by order dated 30/07/2011. No doubt, there is allegation against the present applicant that he assaulted the complainant with knife on his back, but, the injury certificate pertaining to the complainant revealed that he has sustained contusions on his back, which are simple in nature and caused by hard and blunt object and not by any sharp object. 6. Charge-sheet has already been filed and, therefore, the applicant is no more required for the investigation. In my view, the case of the present applicant is similar to that of Anand Shukla and, hence, the applicant also deserves bail on ground of parity. 7. In the result, the application is allowed. 8. The applicant shall be released on bail in Crime No. 162/2011 of Gittikhadan Police Station, registered for offence punishable under Sections 364-A, 395, 397 read with Section 435 of the Indian Penal Code, on execution of personal bond in the sum of Rs. 25,000/- with one solvent surety in the like amount under condition that he shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence and shall not leave Nagpur District without previous permission from the trial Court. 9. Application stands disposed of accordingly. Hamdast granted. JUDGE Punde.