:1: IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE SIDE CRIMINAL APPELLATE SIDE CRIMINAL APPELLATE SIDE CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.64 OF 200 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.64 OF 200 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.64 OF 2009 IN IN IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.531 OF 2007 CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.531 OF 2007 CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.531 OF 2007 Santosh Gopal Temkar ...Applicant. v. The State of Maharashtra ...Respondents. Mr.A.K.Singh , adv. for the Applicant. Mr.A.S.Shitole, APP for the Respondent/State. CORAM: CORAM: CORAM: R.V.More,J. R.V.More,J. R.V.More,J. DATE: 9th February, 2009. DATE: 9th February, 2009. DATE: 9th February, 2009. P.C. P.C. P.C. 1. Heard the learned counsel for the respective parties. 2. Criminal application is taken out for grant of bail during the pendency of the Criminal Appeal No.531 of 2007. The applicant is convicted for the offences punishable under Sections 392 and 397 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to suffer R.I. for seven years on each count. Sentences are to run concurrently. 3. Pending trial, the applicant was in custody approximately for two years. Applicant was again taken in custody after his conviction under the impugned judgment and order dated 25th April, 2007 and till today he is in custody. Thus, the applicant has already :2: undergone period of approximately 3 years 9 months of his sentence. Sachin Namdev Gogavale, appellant no.3 in Criminal Appeal No.531 of 2007 also filed Criminal Application No.1317 of 2007 for bail and this Court by an order dated 19th December, 2008 was pleased to enlarge him on bail till the final disposal of the appeal. Mr.Shitole, learned APP on instructions makes a statement that there are no antecedents as far as the present applicant is concerned. Appeal is filed in the year 2007 and it is not likely to reach for final hearing in the near future. In that view of the matter, in the aforesaid facts and circumstances mentioned above, I am inclined to enlarge the applicant on bail. 4. Applicant be released on bail in the sum of Rs.5,000/- with one surety or two sureties in the like amount subject to following conditions: i. The applicant shall deposit an amount of fine, if not deposited earlier. ii. The applicant shall report to Mulund Police Station once in a week, i.e. on Monday in a week. iii. The applicant shall remain present at the time of final hearing of the appeal. :3: (R.V.MORE, J.) (R.V.MORE, J.) (R.V.MORE, J.)