:1: IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.328 OF 2005 Mr. Kandaswami Munnuswami Devendra ...Appellant. V/s The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent. ---- Mr. M.K. Kocharekar for the appellant. Ms. Rajeshree M. Gadhvi, APP for the State. ---- ALONG WITH CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.567 OF 2005 Mr. Shamsuddin Bashir Ahmed Shekh ...Appellant. V/s State of Maharashtra ...Respondent. ---- Mr. M.K. Kocharekar for the appellant. Ms. Rajeshree M. Gadhvi, APP for the State. ----- CORAM: CORAM: CORAM: V.M. KANADE, J. V.M. KANADE, J. V.M. KANADE, J. DATE: DATE: DATE: 24th April, 2006 24th April, 2006 24th April, 2006 P.C. 1. Heard the learned Counsel for the appellant and the learned APP for the State. 2. For the reasons separately recorded, following order is passed:- :2: O R D E R . Both the appeals are partly allowed. The conviction is confirmed. The sentence however is reduced to the period which the appellant has already undergone. . The appellant in Criminal Appeal No. 328 of 2005 has undergone 4 years and 4 months of the sentence. The sentence is reduced to 4 years and 4 months. If the appellant has already undergone the sentence, he shall be released forthwith, unless required in any other case. . The appellant in Criminal Appeal No. 567 of 2005 is convicted and sentenced to suffer R.I. for 4 years and 6 months. The appellant is in jail since 15/11/2001. The appellant has already undergone the sentence. The appellant be released forthwith, unless required in any other case. . Both the Appeals are accordingly disposed of in the above terms. V.M. V.M. V.M. KANADE, J. KANADE, J. KANADE, J.