IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1183 OF 2009 Dinesh Ashok Guram ...Applicant Vs. The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent --- Shri Rajesh R. Gaikwad & Neville D. Deboo for Applicant Shri S.S. Pednekar, APP for State ---- CORAM: V.M. KANADE J. DATED 24TH MARCH, 2009 P.C. 1. Heard the learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the Applicant and the Learned APP for the State. 2. This is an application for reduction of the amount of bail. 3. The Ad-hoc Sessions Judge was pleased to allow the bail application of the Applicant vide order dated 20.2.2009 and the Applicant was asked to furnish P.R. Bond of Rs.1,00,000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. 4. It is submitted that the Applicant is a young boy of 22 years of age and he is a permanent resident of Mumbai. He could not, however, furnish solvent surety for the said amount of Rs.1,00,000/- and as a result, though the bail was granted by the Ad-hoc Sessions Court dated by order 20.2.2009, he is still in the custody. 5. In view of the judgment in the Motiram's case reported in 1979 1 SCR 335, if the Court is satisfied that the Applicant deserves to be released on bail, then the amount of bail should be such, which the Applicant is in a position to furnish the said amount. 6. Under these circumstance, since the Applicant is not in a position to furnish the bail amount of Rs.1,00,000/- on account of financial constraints, the said amount is reduced to Rs.10,000/-. 7. The Applicant shall, therefore, be released on bail in a sum of Rs.10,000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. The Applicant shall report to Nagpada Police Station once in a week till filing of the chargesheet and, thereafter, once in a month. 8. Application is, accordingly, allowed and disposed of. V.M. KANADE J.