-1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1089 OF 2009 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 518 OF 2004 Shantanu Sitaram @ Anil Divekar ... Applicant versus The State of Maharashtra ..Respondent Smt. Shabana Shah, instructed by Shri O.A. Siddiqui, for the applicant. Smt. V.S. Bhosale, Addl. Public Prosecutor, for the State. CORAM: P.B. MAJMUDAR & R.G. KETKAR, JJ. DATE: JANUARY 13, 2010. P.C. Heard the learned counsel for the applicant. The appeal is pending since 2004. The applicant has been found guilty of having committed murder of his wife and he has been convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. Initially also the applicant had applied for bail but the same was rejected. In our view, this is not a case wherein the prayer for release of the applicant on bail can be granted. It will be open to the applicant to apply for early hearing of the appeal. Subject to the same, this application is rejected. P. B. MAJMUDAR, J. R.G. KETKAR, J.