1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 247 OF 2010 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 241 OF 2009 Vijay @ Guddu Uttamprasad Naik ...Applicant/ Orig.Accused No.3 vs. State of Maharahstra ...Respondent Ms.Rebecca Gonsalves for the Applicant. Mr.B.R. Shinde, APP for the State. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. DATED : MARCH 19, 2010 P.C. :- 1 Heard Counsel for the applicant and APP for the State. 2 The applicant has been convicted for the offence punishable under Section 395 read with 397 of the IPC and is sentenced to suffer RI for 7 years 2 and pay fine of Rs.500/- and in default, to suffer SI for 15 days. The applicant has already undergone 5 years and 9 months of imprisonment out of the 7 years which has been awarded. This being the position, in my view, the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. 3 The applicant be released on bail in the sum of Rs.5000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. The applicant shall report to the concerned police station once in a month. Hearing of the appeal is expedited. Appeal to be heard along with Criminal Appeal No.1094/2008. Criminal Application No.85/2010 to be heard along with the appeal. 4 Application is disposed of. (V.M. KANADE, J.)