1. cr appa 1032-10.doc RMA IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1032 OF 2010 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 597 OF 2008 Dalbir Balwant Sote .. Appellant Vs The State of Maharashtra .. Respondent Ms. Sonia Miskini for the Appellant Mr. J.P. Kharge, APP for the State CORAM : SMT. V.K. TAHILRAMANI, J DATE : 16th SEPTEMBER,2010. P.C.: 1. Pursuant to the order dated 31st August 2010, the office appointed Ms. Rohini Dandekar from Legal Aid Panel to represent the applicant in the present application. However, she is not present today, hence Ms. Sonia Miskini who has been appointed from Legal Aid Panel to represent the accused in the appeal preferred by the applicant i.e Criminal Appeal No. 597 of 2008 is appointed to represent the applicant in the present application as she already knows the facts of this case. 2. The appellant has preferred this application through jail praying therein that the appeal preferred by him be 1 1. cr appa 1032-10.doc heard expeditiously or he be granted bail. Learned advocate Ms. Miskini submitted that the sentence imposed on the applicant is 10 years and the applicant has been in custody for almost five years, hence, the applicant be released on bail. Looking to the evidence on record, I do not think it is a fit case to grant bail, however, I am inclined to expedite the hearing of the appeal. Hence, the appeal be placed on final hearing board in the week commencing from 11th October 2010. 3. The application is disposed of. 4. The order be communicated to the applicant who is in jail. 5. Office to pay court fees to Ms. Sonia Miskini as per rules. [SMT. V.K. TAHILRAMANI, J.] 2 1. cr appa 1032-10.doc 3