1 cr-apln-2291-10 jdk IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRI.APPLN. NO. 2291 OF 2010 Mr. Mukund Kanhaiyyalal Patel ..Applicant Vs. The State of Maharashtra ..Respondent .... Mr. Pankaj Kavale Adv. for applicant Mr. V.B.Konde-Deshmukh APP for State .... CORAM : SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI, J. DATE : OCTOBER 28, 2010 P.C.: 1 Leave to amend granted. Amendment to be carried out forthwith. 2 Heard the learned advocate for the applicant and the learned APP for the State. 3 The applicant is seeking bail in LAC No. 28 of 2005 registered at Kandivali Police Station, Mumbai which is also numbered as LAC No. 31 of 2005 of DCB CID, Kandivali Unit, Mumbai. The said case is numbered as MCOC Special Case No. 9 of 2007 and it is pending 2 cr-apln-2291-10 before the Special Judge, Thane. 4 The learned advocate for the applicant has pointed out that co-accused Madhu Kuttappan Ko9ttiyatil @ Madhu Kutty has been granted bail by this Court on 11.10.2010 in Cri. Application No. 2292 of 2010 (Coram: V.M.Kanade, J.). It was further pointed out that the applicant has been in custody for a longer period than the co-accused Madhu Kutty. The applicant was arrested on 25.5.2005 and since then he is in custody. Thus, looking to the period the applicant has been in custody and the fact that the co-accused has been granted bail, I am inclined to grant bail to the applicant. 5 The applicant –Mukund Kanhaiyyalal Patel is released on bail in the sum of Rs. 40,000/- (Rs. forty thousand only) with one or two sureties to make up the said amount. The applicant to report once in a week to the office of DCB CID Kandivali Unit, Mumbai during the pendency of the trial. The applicant shall not be permitted to leave the country during the pendency of the trial. 6 Application disposed of. [ SMT. V.K.TAHILRAMANI, J.]