1 (Appa 1279 of 2011) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1279 OF 2011 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.397 OF 2009 Santosh Bansilal Varma ...Applicant Vs. The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent ----- Mr.Nitin Pradhan, Senior Counsel a/w. Joel Carlos i/b. Ms. S.D. Khot and Ameeta Kuttikrishnan for Applicant Smt.V.R. Bhosale -APP for State ----- CORAM: V.M. KANADE, & A.M. THIPSAY, JJ. DATED: 12th October, 2011 P.C. 1. The learned counsel for the Applicant submits that initially his application for bail was rejected on merits in 2009. Liberty, however, was granted to prepare a private paper-book and apply for fixed date of hearing. Accordingly, the Applicant applied for fixed date of hearing in January, 2011. However, his application for fixing an early date of hearing was rejected. It is submitted that, therefore, he was constrained to file this application for bail. However, since we are inclined to fix the appeal for final hearing in the first week of December, 2011, he is not pressing this application for bail at this 2 (Appa 1279 of 2011) stage. 2. Hence, the application for bail is disposed of as not pressed at this stage. 3. Place the Criminal Appeal on the final hearing board in the week commencing from 5th December, 2011. (A.M.THIPSAY J.) (V.M. KANADE J.)