APPA.884-10 - 1 - VPH IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION No. 884 OF 2010 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 780 OF 2009 Mohammad Faisal Farukh Ansari @ Chhout @ Javed ...Applicant (Through Jail) Vs. The State of Maharashra ...Respondent *** Mr. Murtaza Najmi, for the Applicant (appointed). Mr. P. S. Hingorani, APP for the Respondent. *** CORAM: V. M. KANADE J. DATE : SEPTEMBER 2, 2010 P.C. . Heard the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the applicant and the learned APP. The applicant has been convicted by Sessions Court for the offences punishable under S. 395 and 398 of the I.P. Code and sentenced to suffer 7 years R.I. The applicant is in jail since 26-9-2005 and as such he has undergone almost five years of actual sentence out of nine years, awarded by the trial Court. Besides this, other APPA.884-10 - 2 - two accused have already been released on bail. This being the position, since the appeal is not likely to come up for final hearing in the near future taking into consideration the large pendency of cases in this Court, the applicant be released on furnishing P.R. bond in a sum of Rs.5,000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. [ V. M. KANADE J.]