MP 1 APPA1482_10 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1482 OF 2010 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 105 OF 2010 Shri Balu Govind Chikane ... Applicant Versus The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent CORAM : J. H. BHATIA, J. DATE : 16TH SEPTEMBER 2011 P. C. : The applicant is in jail and by this application, he seeks to be released on bail pending his appeal which is already admitted. 2. The applicant was convicted under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code and was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for seven years. Initially, he was in custody during the trial but then he was granted a bail. Now, since 27th January 2010, when he was convicted, he is in jail. His previous application was rejected with liberty to file a fresh application if the appeal is not decided within six months. After that, more than one year and four months have passed. 3. Taking into consideration, the pendency of a large number of appeals in which the accused are in jail, I do not see any possibility of the appeal being decided within a short period. There is nothing to show that the applicant had misused the bail during the trial. Therefore, the applicant is hereby granted bail on the same terms and conditions as before the Trial Court subject to furnishing fresh bail bonds. 4. Application stands disposed of. (J. H. BHATIA, J)