1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR. Criminal Application (APPA) No. 241/2009 in Criminal Appeal No. 503/2009 ( Abid Umed Fanan .vs. State of Mah. ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions Court's or Judge's orders. and Registrar's orders Mr. Amol Mardikar, Advocate for the Appellant. Mr. D.P. Thakre, APP for Respondent. CORAM : P.D. KODE, J. DATED : DECEMBER 8, 2009 Heard. By the present application, the applicant/accused convicted for commission of offence punishable under Section 307 of IPC and sentenced to suffer R.I. for 5 years and to pay a fine of Rs.1000/- has prayed for suspending the sentence and releasing him on bail pending hearing and final disposal of the appeal. The learned APP has objected the said request on the count of the appellant being found guilty after the assessment of evidence surfaced at the trial. The appeal preferred by the appellant being admitted after taking into consideration the grounds raised, the statement made by the learned counsel for the appellant that the appellant was on bail during the pendency of trial, he is a businessman running hardware shop and considering the 2 nature of evidence adduced at the trial, the prayer will deserve consideration. Hence the applicant/accused is directed to be released on bail on his executing a PR bond in a sum of Rs.30,000/- with one or more sureties to make up the amount, subject to the conditions that the applicant (i) shall stay at the address mentioned in the appeal memo and shall not change the same without prior permission of the Court, (ii) shall not in any manner come into contact the witnesses who had given evidence at the trial nor shall try to intimidate, threaten them in any manner, (iii) shall not commit any offence while being on bail and (iv) shall attend the Police Station Arni once in a month. JUDGE halwai