:1: IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.2463 OF 2005 (For restoration) IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.657 OF 1998 Ajay Kumar Biswal ...Applicant. V/s The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent. --- ALONG WITH CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 2519 OF 2005 (for delay) IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 657 OF 1998 Ismail Ibrahim Shaikh ...Applicant. V/s The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent. --- ALONG WITH CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.2520 OF 2005 (For restoration) IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 657 OF 1998 Ismail Ibrahim Shaikh ...Applicant V/s The State of Maharashtra ...Respondents. ALONG WITH CRIMINAL APPLICATON NO.2521 OF 2005 (For bail) IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.657 OF 1998 Ismail Ibrahim Shaikh ...Applicant. V/s The State of Maharashtra ...Respondents. --- Mr. Subhash Jha for the applicant in Criminal Application No.2463 of 2005. :2: Mr. Dilip B. Tare for the applicant in Criminal Application Nos 2519 of 2005, 2520 of 2005 & 2521 of 2005. Mr. A.M. Shringarpure, APP for the State. --- CORAM: V.M.KANADE,J. DATE: 2nd May, 2005 P.C.: 1. Heard the learned counsel for the applicant and the learned APP for the State. 2. For the reasons stated in the Criminal Application, Criminal Application is allowed. Criminal Appeal No. 657 of 1998 which was dismissed for want of prosecution is restored to the file. 3. Wherever, bail was granted in the earlier applications in the above appeal the same is restored. V.M. KANADE, J.