..(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 JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.416 OF 2008 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.729 OF 2007 Surendra Shridhar Kotiyan. ..Applicant. Versus The State of Maharashtra. ..Respondent. .... Mr.Milan Desai, Adv. for the Applicant. Mr.V.B.Konde-Deshmukh, APP, for the State. .... CORAM : SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J. CORAM : SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J. CORAM : SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J. DATED : 27th June, 2008. DATED : 27th June, 2008. DATED : 27th June, 2008. P.C.: 1. Heard the learned Counsel for the applicant-orig.accused No.1 and the learned APP for the State. 2. The maximum sentence of imprisonment imposed on the applicant-orig.accused No.1 is seven years. The applicant is now seeking bail. 3. The learned Counsel for the applicant states that the maximum sentence imposed on the applicant is seven years and the applicant has already undergone almost four years of imprisonment. The learned Counsel further ..(2).. submitted that the applicant has undergone more than half the period of imprisonment and the appeal is not likely to be heard in the near future. Hence, he prayed that the applicant may be released on bail. 4. It is an admitted fact that the applicant has undergone more than half the period of imprisonment. Besides the present case the applicant has a clean record. Looking to these facts, I am inclined to grant bail to the applicant. 5. The Applicant - Surendra Shridhar Kotiyan be released on bail in the sum of Rs.30,000/- (Rs.Thirty Thousand Only) with one or two sureties to make up the said amount. The applicant shall report to Sangli City Police Station once in a week, till disposal of the appeal. 6. Criminal Application is disposed of accordingly. (SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.) (SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.) (SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.)