1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR. CRIMINAL APPLICATION (APL) NO. 338/2011 Ravi Ramdas Paturkar Versus Shashikant s/o Vijay Singhania and another ..................................................................................................................................................... Office notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. Court's or Judge's Orders. ..................................................................................................................................................... Mr. Prashant Gode, counsel for applicant Coram : A.P. Bhangale, J Dated : 29th June 2011 1. By this application, the applicant has questioned the impugned order dated 23/06/2011, passed by learned Sessions Judge, Nagpur in Criminal Appeal No. 152/2011, whereby learned Sessions Judge directed suspension of substantive sentence till decision of appeal provided that the present applicant shall pay 50% of the compensation amount imposed upon the accused, which is in the sum of Rs. 4,00,000/-. The cheque in question was in the sum of Rs. 6,75,821/-. Learned advocate made reference to ruling in case of Om Engineers & Builders & Ors V/s. Vijaykant Motilal Kothari & anr. reported in 2008(2) Bom.C.R.(Cri.) 561 in order to submit that the Sessions Judge had directed deposit of Rs. 28,00,000/- (50% of the 2 compensation amount) as a condition for suspension of sentence, which was later on reduced to 25% of Rs. 56,50,000/- (25% of the compensation amount) which is the amount due and payable. 2. The petitioner is at liberty to move learned Sessions Judge citing his financial difficulties for appropriate reduction in the deposit amount of Rs. 4,00,000/-. Such application for an alternative to deposit amount to be considered with reference to ruling cited above by the learned Sessions Judge in the light of material as to financial capacity of the applicant as also his personal difficulties. 3. This application stands disposed of accordingly. JUDGE Punde