1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 2 OF 2009 Mr Bandal Sheetal Biswas ..... Applicant. V/s The State of Maharashtra ...... Respondent. ---- Mrs Pranali Kakade i/b Mr. Shubhash Hulyalkar for the applicant. Mrs. M.H. Mhatre, APP for the State. ----- CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. DATE : 5th January, 2009 P.C.: 1. Heard the learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the applicant and the learned APP for the State. 2. Counsel appearing on behalf of the applicant submits that while granting bail, a direction was given by the Sessions Court to the applicant to furnish P.R. Bond of Rs 50,000/- with one or two solvent sureties. It is submitted that the surety amount be reduced since the applicant is not in a position to avail of the bail on account of his inability to provide the said surety. 3. It is a settled position in law that if the Court is satisfied that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail then he 2 should be asked to furnish such surety which is within his financial means. Though the order granting bail to the applicant was passed by the Sessions Court on 30/12/2008, on account of financial constraints and his inability to furnish bail amount, the applicant is still in jail. Under these circumstances, surety amount is reduced from Rs 50,000/- to Rs 10,000/- . The order of the Trial Court dated 30/12/2008 passed in Criminal Application No.4369 of 2008 is modified accordingly. 4. Application is disposed of in the aforesaid terms. (V.M. KANADE, J.)