1 APPA 1436 OF 2011 vks IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1436 OF 2011 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.1334 OF 2011 Triloki Laxmi Singh .. Applicant. -versus The State of Maharashtra .. Respondent. Mr. Prashant Gurav, for the applicant. Mr. K.V. Saste, APP for the Respondent State. CORAM: R.C. CHAVAN, J. DATED: 2nd December, 2011 P.C. 1. This is an application for bail by accused No.2, who has been convicted and sentenced by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Mumbai, for the offence punishable under Section 376 (2) (g) of the Indian Penal Code to 10 years imprisonment. The account of the incidence given by the prosecutrix shows that she was first subjected to rape by accused No.1 in the year 2000. Accused No.1 took her photographs and then passed on those photographs to accused No.2 who also subsequently used to commit rape upon the victim from time to time and threatened to use those photographs. She also knew the accused No.5, who was residing her neighbour-hood till 1996 and therefore, she went 2 APPA 1436 OF 2011 with accused No.5, who too committed rape upon her. The victim for inexplicable reasons, reported this to the present applicant, who took the victim to accused No.5, made them post in compromising position, took the photographs, and then allegedly extorted an amount of Rs.25,000/- from the accused No.5. It is in this context the applicant has been convicted by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, for gang rape. As observed by me while admitting the co-accused to bail, it seems that this is a case of series of rapes rather than gang rape, because the victim was minor and could not have consented to sexual intercourse by so many persons. In view of this though the applicant has been sentenced to R.I. for 10 years for offence punishable under Section 376 (2)(g) of the Indian Penal Code, there is no need to treat him differently from accused No.1 and therefore, he be released on bail on his furnishing P.R. bond in the sum of Rs.25,000/- with one or more solvent sureties in the sum aggregating to Rs.25,000/-. 2. Application stands disposed of. (R. C. CHAVAN, J.)