1 APPA.372-2011 acd IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION NO. 372 OF 2011 IN CRIMINAL APEAL NO. 666 OF 2010 Kamal Balram Talwar & Anr. ...Applicants. Vs. The State of Maharashtra . ...Respondent. ---- Ms. Anjali Patil, for the Applicants. Mrs. A.A. Mane, for the respondent-state.. ---- CORAM: U. D. SALVI, J. MARCH 23, 2011. P.C.:- 1 The appellants-accused convicted for the offences punishable under Section 3(1) read with Section 25(1)(B)(a) of the Arms Act and under Section 399 and 402 of IPC, 1860 and sentenced to suffer R.I. for a period of five years on account of his conviction under Section 399 of IPC and to suffer R.I. for three years on account of offence punishable under Section 402 of IPC, have moved this application for being released on bail after their previous application for bail was rejected with liberty to move the court after 50% of sentence was over vide order dated 23.11.2010 in 2 APPA.372-2011 Criminal Application No.1138 of 2010. 2 It is revealed that the appellants-accused have been in prison since their arrest on 18.3.2009 and have almost undergone half the sentence. The prospects of hearing the appeal in near future are dim. 3 Ms. Patil, the learned Advocate for the appellants-accused pointed out from the evidence that there is no independent corroboration to the fact of incriminating conversation between the accused in respect of the preparation made by the accused for committing dacoity. According to her the appellant can, at the most, be held guilty of the offence punishable under the Arms Act. 4 Considering the above submissions, and dim prospects of hearing the appeal expeditiously, it would be just to release the appellants- accused on conditional bail. Accordingly, the appellants-accused shall be released on P.R. Bond of Rs.15,000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount subject to the following conditions: (i) shall keep the Police informed about their whereabouts from time to time, (ii) shall attend the office of DCB, C.I.D., Mumbai on every Thursday of the alternate week between 6.00 p.m. and 8.00 p.m. 3 APPA.372-2011 5 The Criminal Application is disposed off accordingly. (U. D. SALVI,J.)