1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 221 OF 2010 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 370 OF 2009 Mohammed Khalid Khan @ Salim ...Applicant vs. State of Maharashtra ...Respondent Mr.Sushan Kunjuraman and Mr.Mahesh Kadam for the Applicant. Mr.A.S. Shitole, APP for the State. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. DATED : JULY 9, 2010 P.C. :- 1 The applicant  original accused no.4 has been convicted by the trial court for the offence punishable under Section 307 read with 120-B of the IPC and sentenced to suffer RI for 5 years and to pay a fine of Rs.1000/- and in default, to suffer further RI for three months and under Section 3(1) (ii) of the MCOC Act, 1999 and sentenced to suffer RI for 5 years and to fine of Rs.5 lakhs and in 2 default, to suffer RI for one year. The applicant was arrested on 11th March, 2005 and is in jail since then. The applicant, therefore, has already completed his entire sentence of 5 years. Since the appeal is admitted by virtue of provisions of Section 357(2), the payment of fine is stayed. Even otherwise if this order is confirmed by this court taking into consideration the remissions to which he is entitled, he would complete the entire sentence. Therefore, under these circumstances, the applicant deserves to be released on bail since the appeal may not be heard immediately though it is on the final hearing board. 2 The applicant be released on bail on execution of P.R. Bond in the sum of Rs.5000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. He shall report to the concerned police station once in a month. 3 The application is disposed of. (V.M. KANADE, J.)