1 wp371110 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 3711 OF 2010 Mohammad Ali Mohammad Habib Shaikh ...Petitioner V/s. The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent None for the Petitioner Mr. H.J. Dedhia, A.P.P., for the State. CORAM: A.M. KHANWILKAR AND A.R. JOSHI, JJ. DATE: 27TH JANUARY, 2011 P.C.:- In this letter-petition received trough jail, two reliefs are claimed. Firstly, that the petitioner be released on temporary bail. Secondly, the petitioner be released on parole for a period of three months. 2. Insofar as the first relief is concerned, since the appeal preferred by the petitioner, being Criminal Appeal No. 1032 of 2003, is 2 wp371110 already finally disposed of, it is not open to us to entertain the said request for grant of temporary bail. 3. Insofar as prayer for releasing the petitioner on parole is concerned, we dispose of the same, with liberty to the petitioner to pursue that remedy before the Appropriate Authority, who, in our opinion, will consider the said request on its own merits, in accordance with law. If such application is filed by the petitioner, the same be decided as expeditiously as possible, preferably within four weeks from the date of its presentation. The petition is disposed of accordingly. 4. Copy of the order be forwarded forthwith to the petitioner, who is in jail, for information. A.R. JOSHI, J. A.M. KHANWILKAR, J.