skt/- 1 APPLN 3814 OF 2010.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.3814 OF 2010 Mohan Bharat Gund ... Applicant Vs. The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent Mr. Jaydeep D Mane, for the applicant. Mrs S.D. Shinde, APP for the the respondent State. CORAM : R.C.CHAVAN, J. DATE : 2nd SEPTEMBER, 2010. P.C. 1. This is an application for bail by a young man who is alleged to have been instrumental in kidnapping the victim and committing forcible sexual intercourse upon her. The victim is about 16 years and 3 months of age as per medical certificate. The story which the victim gave is that on 7.3.2010, she was picked up by the applicant and one Sachin on motorcycle at village Ashti in Solapur District. She was then taken to bus stand at Pandharpur from where she boarded the bus with applicant to Shirdi and from Shirdi, she alongwith applicant travelled by bus for going to Thane and from Thane , the applicant and victim settled down at Panvel where a room was hired and she stayed there about 3 weeks period and used to play with the children of neighbours. 2. Then she complained that she was forcibly taken away by the skt/- 2 APPLN 3814 OF 2010.sxw applicant to various places and when she was staying with him at Panvel, the applicant committed rape continuously. No comment is necessary. The applicant’s detention in custody may not be necessary since the investigation is complete and the chargesheet has been filed. 3. In view of this, the applicant be released on bail on his furnishing PR Bond in the sum of Rs.50,000/- with one or more solvent sureties in the aggregate amount of Rs.50,000/- on the condition that the applicant himself shall keep away scrupulously from the prosecutrix till the trial is over. [ R.C.CHAVAN, J. ]