14crn2866-10 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MUMBAI CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.2866 OF 2010 Mr.Santosh Govind Alhat. ..Applicant. Vs. The State of Maharashtra ..Respondent. .... Mr.Ganesh Bhujbal, Advocate i/b. Mr.Prakash Naikh, Advocate for the applicant. Mrs.A.S. Pai, A.P.P. for the State. .... CORAM : A.R.JOSHI, J. DATED : 2ND JULY, 2010 P.C. 1. Heard rival submissions for sometime on this application for reduction of bail amount from Rs.1 lakh to any other suitable amount. 2. The applicant is charged with offence punishable under Section 307 IPC and rioting. The offence was committed sometime in July, 2004. However, since then till May 2010 the applicant was not available to the police. 14crn2866-10 2 According to him he was not arrested by the police, but, the fact remains that he was wanted and co-accused were tried and acquitted by the Additional Sessions Court, Mumbai in 2007. Knowing such acquittal, still belatedly, the applicant surrendered before the concerned Sessions Court and was granted bail after five days i.e. on 21st May, 2010. Bail amount was fixed considering the circumstances and considering the possibility of his availability during the trial. 3. In the above circumstances, it is not a fit case in which prayer for reduction of bail amount can be accepted. Hence, present application is disposed of as rejected. (A.R.JOSHI,J.)