1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.602 OF 2010 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.618 OF 2008 Aniruddh Chavan ..... Applicant. V/s The Union of India & Anr. ...... Respondents. --- Mr. Anil Lalla i/b Lalla & Lalla for the applicant. Mr. Francis Saldhana for Union of India Mrs. R. Shinde, APP for the State. --- CORAM: V. M. KANADE, J. DATE : 30TH APRIL, 2010 P.C.:- 1. Heard the learned Counsel for the applicant and the learned Counsel for the respondents. 2. Applicant has filed this application seeking temporary bail for a period of 15 days to attend the marriage of his brother which is scheduled to be held on 21/05/2010 at Ratnagiri. Applicant has been convicted for an offence 2 punishable under section 8(c) read with section 22(c) and section 29 read with section 8(c) of the NDPS Act. He is sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for 10 years. 3. It is urged that the applicant is in jail since last 8 years and on two earlier occasions, he was granted temporary bail. It is submitted that the applicant had surrendered after the said temporary bail was over. 4. This application for temporary bail is vehemently opposed by the learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents. It is submitted that the applicant’s bail was rejected on merits on earlier occasion by this Court and that the applicant was granted temporary bail on two occasions; once to meet his mother and then to attend funeral of his father. 5. Taking into consideration the fact that the applicant had surrendered twice after he was granted temporary bail and secondly he has undergone 8 years sentence out of 10 years awarded to him, applicant would be entitled to attend the wedding of his brother. 6. Under these circumstances, applicant is granted temporary bail for a period of two weeks from 15th May 2010 to 30th May 2010. Applicant be released on temporary bail in the sum of Rs 5000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. Applicant, however, shall report to Ratnagiri Police 3 Station once in a week and shall surrender in the evening on 31st May 2010. (V.M. KANADE, J.)