BA-923-11.sxw 1 Dixit IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION NO.923 OF 2011 Shahaji Keshav Chavan ... Applicant V/s. State of Maharashtra, Thru’ Pimpri Police Station, Pune ... Respondent Mr. Machindra Patil for the Applicant. Mrs. S.D. Shinde, APP, for the Respondent. CORAM:- A.M. THIPSAY, J. DATED :- 6 TH JULY, 2011. P.C. : 1. Heard. 2. I have gone through the Bail Application and the copy of the F.I.R. that has been annexed to the Bail Application. 3. It is clear from the F.I.R. that the victim wanted to marry the Applicant. It is also clear that since some time in the year 2009, the victim, who is staying separately from her husband, started residing with the Applicant. The allegation is that while they were residing together, the Applicant repeatedly committed rape on her. According to the victim, she was always insisting that the Applicant should marry her, but the Applicant used to avoid the same and when the victim repeatedly kept on insisting, he started assaulting her. BA-923-11.sxw 2 Dixit 4. Prima facie, no case of an offence punishable under Section 376 of the IPC is disclosed. The Applicant is in custody since 4th May, 2011. 5. Under these circumstances, I am inclined to release the Applicant on bail. 6. The Bail Application is allowed. 7. The Applicant is ordered to be released on bail in the sum of Rs.25,000/-, with one surety in like amount, or two sureties in the sum of Rs.12,500/- each, on the condition to attend the concerned Police Station, as and when required by the Investigating Officer. [A.M. THIPSAY, J.]