1 appa481.11 ast IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION NO.481 OF 2011 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.211 OF 2008 Akkubai Yellappa Kanale. ....Petitioner Vs. The State of Maharashtra ....Respondent. Mr. Niranjan Mundargi, advocate for petitioner. Mrs. S.V.Gajare, APP for State. CORAM:- P.V.HARDAS AND M.N.GILANI, JJ DATED:- APRIL 20, 2011 P.C. 1 This application has been filed by the applicant who is one of the appellants in Criminal Appeal No.211/2008. Present applicant alongwith others had filed Criminal Application No.251 of 2008 praying for suspension of the substantive sentence of imprisonment and their enlargement on bail pending decision of the appeal. The aforesaid application came to be rejected by this Court by its order dated 28/4/2008. The Bench while dismissing the aforesaid application had considered that prima facie there is material to justify the conviction of the applicants/appellants. By the present application, the applicant 2 appa481.11 contents that she is a lady who is suffering from several ailments and has been incarcerated since year 2006. 2 According to us, aforesaid ground cannot be said to be a ground for this Court to exercise its discretion for suspending substantive sentences and directing enlargement of the applicant on bail. The aforesaid ground could have been urged by the applicant at the time of decision of the earlier application. Be that as it may, since the applicant is lady, who is stated to be about 61 years of age and since paper book in the appeal is ready, we direct that hearing of the appeal be expedited and the appeal be set down for hearing in the week commencing from 4th July, 2011. The application is accordingly rejected with no order as to costs. (M.N.GILANI, J) (P.V.HARDAS, J)