IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 948 OF 2009 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 948 OF 2009 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 948 OF 2009 Nasir Bashir Shaikh ...Applicant/ Accused vs. The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent Mr.Prashant Gurav for the Applicant. Mrs.M.H. Mhatre, APP for the State. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. DATED : MARCH 4, 2009 DATED : MARCH 4, 2009 DATED : MARCH 4, 2009 P.C. :- P.C. :- P.C. :- 1. Heard Counsel for the applicant and APP for the State. 2. The applicant has been arrested in connection with an offence punishable under Sections 333, 353 of the IPC read with Sections 4 and 25 of the Arms Act registered at Malvani Police Station, Mumbai, vide C.R.No.290/2008. 3. It is alleged that the applicant was threatening the shopkeepers with knife. When the constable tried to arrest him, he allegedly hit on his private part with knee. The charge-sheet in the present case has been - 2 - filed. The offence is not punishable with death or imprisonment of life. The continued detention of the applicant, therefore, in my view, is not necessary. 4. The applicant be released on bail in the sum of Rs.5000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. The applicant shall report to the concerned police station once in a week. 5. The application is disposed of. (V.M. KANADE, J.) (V.M. KANADE, J.) (V.M. KANADE, J.)