APPA.1039-10 - 1 - VPH IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION No. 1039 OF 2010 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 155 OF 2010 Avdeshkumar Giriraj Saroj ...Applicant (Through Jail) Vs. The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent *** Mrs. Sonia Miskin, appointed as amicus curie for the Applicant. Mr. P. S. Hingorani, APP for the Respondent-State. *** CORAM: V. M. KANADE J. DATE : OCTOBER 21, 2010 P.C. 1. This is an application filed through jail. Heard Mrs. Sonia Miskin, who is appointed as amicus curie on behalf of the applicant/ accused. It is submitted that co-accused Jayshankar Faujdar Yadav along with other accused, was released on bail by this Court by an order dated 22nd July, 2010, which order was passed in Criminal Application 657 of 2010. It is submitted that the same role attributed to Jayshankar Faujdar Yadav was also attributed to the present applicant. The applicant is APPA.1039-10 - 2 - convicted for the offences punishable under S. 397 read with S.34 of the I. P. Code and is sentenced to suffer R.I. for 7 years and to pay fine of Rs.500/-, in default to suffer further R.I. for one month. The applicant has undergone three years and six months of actual imprisonment. Taking into consideration the said fact and in view of the order dated 22nd July, 2010 passed by this Court, releasing the co-accused, the applicant also deserves to be released on bail. 2. The applicant be released on furnishing P.R. bond in the sum of Rs.5,000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. He shall report to the concerned police station once in a month. The criminal application is accordingly disposed of. [ V. M. KANADE J.]