1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1455 OF 2010 Vilas Anil Gaikwad. ..Applicant. Vs. State of Maharashtra. ..Respondent. Mr. Balasahib Deshmukh for the Applicant. Mrs.A.A.Mane,APP. For the State. CORAM : R.S. MOHITE, J. DATE : 21st April, 2010 PC : 1 This is an application for grant of bail. The applicant is shown as an accused in C.R.No. 457/2009 registered by Bund Garden Police Station, Pune for the alleged offence punishable U/s. 307, 353, 332,333, 325 and 427 of the I.P.C. and U/s. 4(25) of the Arms Act and under Section 3 and 7 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act. The crime has been registered on an FIR lodged by the constable by name Suhas Pandurang Barge. It is his case that on complaint received from one lady by name Lata 2 Gade. She complained that accused has broken the water drums kept near her house as well as water drums of the neighbours by using sickle. He rushed to the spot and tried to control the said person but the said person tried to hit him on head and the blow was taken by him on the left hand thumb and therefore, he lost his thumb. Taking into account the aforesaid facts, it appears that there appears to be no specific motive of the applicant to assault the police constable. It is also not clear as to how this applicant was came to be arrested on the same day i. e. 15.11.2009 though according to the complainant, the assailant ran away from the lane of public latrines. Sickle is recovered and same was sent to Chemical Analyser for analysis. It is possible that ultimately the offence may not fall within the purview of Section-307 of the I.P.C. as there may not be any intention to kill. In view of the aforesaid circumstances, I am inclined to grant bail to the applicant. It is therefore, directed that pending 3 his trial in pursuance of C.R.No.457/2009 registered by Band Garden Police Station, Pune, the applicant may be released on bail in the sum of Rs. 15,000/- with one surety in the like amount subject to the condition that he will report to the Investigating Officer once in a fortnight on every first and third Monday till the disposal of the trial and subject to condition that he will not tamper the prosecution witness and will remain present on all the dates of the trial, unless exempted. Application is disposed off. 2 Parties to act on a copy of this order duly authenticated by the registry of this court. ( R.S. MOHITE, J.)