..(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.542 OF 2008 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.485 OF 2008 Sajid Ikrammudin Kazi @ Altaf Kazi ..Applicant. Versus Union of India and Anr. ..Respondents. .... Mr.Ayaz Khan, Adv. for the Applicant. Ms.P.H.Kantharia counsel for Respondent No.1-NCB. Mr.Y.S.Shinde, 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 : JULY 04, 2008. DATED : JULY 04, 2008. DATED : JULY 04, 2008. P.C.: 1. Heard the learned Counsel for the Applicant-orig.accused and the learned Counsel for respondent No.1-NCB. 2. The applicant-orig.accused has been convicted under the NDPS Act. The maximum term of imprisonment imposed on the applicant No.4 is ten years. The applicant is now seeking bail. 3. The learned Counsel for the applicant-orig.accused No.2 submitted that the maximum term of imprisonment imposed on the ..(2).. applicant is ten years and out of the said period the applicant has undergone more than half the period of imprisonment. The learned Counsel for the applicant has placed reliance on the decisions of this Court and the Supreme Court, wherein when the accused has undergone more than half the period of imprisonment, even if the case is under NDPS Act the accused has been released on bail. The said decisions of this Court and Apex Court are as under : (i) (2006) 1 SCC (Cri) 279 Para-3 Mansingh Vs. Union of India. (ii) Unreported decision of this Court (Coram : B.H.Marlapalle,j.) in Criminal Application No.736 of 2007 in Criminal Appeal No.448 of 2007. . (Mr.Begani Talab Suleman @ Bashir @ Tkara & Mr.Farook Qureshi @ Farook Vs. Union of India.) (iii) Unreported decision of this Court dated 31.10.2007 in Criminal Application No.981 of 2007 in Criminal Appeal No.162 of ..(3).. 2007. . (Mrs.Zainab Bte Yousuf Vs. Union of India.) 4. Placing reliance on the above mentioned decisions, Mr.Ayaz Khan the learned Counsel for the applicant prayed that the applicant may be released on bail. It is an admitted fact that the applicant has completed more than half the period of imprisonment, hence, I am inclined to grant bail 5. On the applicant depositing Rs.2,00,000/- (Rs.Two Lakhs Only) before the trial Court, the applicant - Sajid Ikrammudin Kazi be released on bail in the sum of Rs.1,00,000/- (Rs.One Lakh Only) with one or two sureties to make up the said amount. The applicant shall report to NCB, Ballard Pier, Mumbai twice in a week for a period of six months and thereafter once in a week, till disposal of the appeal. Before being released on bail, the office of NCB, Mumbai shall be informed the address at which the applicant will reside during the period that he is on bail. Any change in address of residence of the applicant, be informed to the office of NCB, Mumbai within a ..(4).. week of said change. During pendency of the appeal, the applicant shall not leave Mumbai without permission of this Court. 6. Criminal Application is disposed of accordingly. [SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.] [SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.] [SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.]