1 cr-appa-1003-10 jdk IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRI.APPLN. NO.1003 OF 2010 IN CRI. APPEAL NO. 638 OF 2010 Mr. Sanjay Madhukar Nivatkar ..Applicant Vs. The State of Maharashtra ..Respondent .... Mr. M.K.Kocharekar Adv. for applicant Mr. V.B.Konde-Deshmukh APP for State .... CORAM : SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI, J. DATE : SEPTEMBER 13, 2010 P.C.: 1 Heard the learned advocate for the applicant and the learned APP for the State. 2 The applicant has been convicted and sentenced to maximum imprisonment of seven years. The appeal preferred by the appellant is pending before this Court. The applicant is now seeking bail. 3 The learned advocate for the applicant states that the 2 cr-appa-1003-10 maximum sentence imposed on the applicant is seven years and the applicant has been in custody for 3 years and 10 months i.e. he has served more than half the period of imprisonment. Hence, he may be granted bail on this ground. 4 Looking to the fact that the applicant has undergone half the period of imprisonment and looking to the evidence on record, I am inclined to grant bail to the applicant. 5 The applicant – Sanjay Madhukar Nivatkar be released on bail in the sum of Rs.20,000/- (Rs. twenty thousand only) with one or two sureties to make up the said amount. The applicant to report to Vakola Police Station Mumbai once in a week till the disposal of the appeal. 6 Application is disposed of. [ SMT. V.K.TAHILRAMANI, J.]