..(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 APPLICATIN NO.1083 OF 2008 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.39 OF 2008 Mustafa Kasimbhai Salot. ..Applicant. Versus Union of India and Anr. ..Respondents. .... Ms.Nilophar Sayed, Adv. for the Applicant Ms.A.A.Mane, APP, for Respondent No.2-State. .... CORAM : SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J. CORAM : SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J. CORAM : SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J. DATED : 24th October, 2008. DATED : 24th October, 2008. DATED : 24th October, 2008. P.C.: 1. Heard the learned Advocate for the applicant-orig.accused No.1. None appears for respondent No.1-Union of India. 2. By order dated 15.4.2008 the applicant was granted bail by this Court in NDPS Special Case No.64 of 2006 The relevant portion of the said order reads as under :- "(b) The Applicant Mustafa Kasimbhai Salot is directed to be released on bail in connection with the offence in NDPS Spl. Case No.64 of 2006, if not required in any other case, on executing bail bond in the ..(2).. sum of Rs.One Lakh with two local sureties in the like amount." 3. As the applicant was unable to comply with the condition of furnishing two local surety the applicant prefered application for modification. The application came to be disposed of by order dated 3rd July, 2008. By the said order, the earlier order was modified and the applicant was directed to execute bail bond in the sum of Rs.1,50,000/- with one surety in the like amount. The said surety to be from Mumbai or Thane. 4. The learned Advocate for the applicant has stated that though the applicant has been granted bail on 15.4.2008 and thereafter even after the earlier order was modified by this Court by order dated 3.7.2008, yet, till today the applicant has not been able to avail of the bail as he has been unable to furnish the requisite surety. Hence, it is prayed that the bail amount be reduced from Rs.1,50,000/- to Rs.1,00,000/-. 5. Looking to the fact that the applicant is languishing in jail for many months as he has not been able to furnish the surety in the amount of ..(3).. Rs.1,50,000/-, I am inclined to reduce the amount of surety from Rs.1,50,000/- to Rs.1,00,000/-. The said surety shall be from Mumbai or Thane. Rest of the conditions are maintained. 6. Criminal Application is disposed of accordingly. (SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.) (SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.) (SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.)