-: 1 :- Appn. 275/11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 275 OF 2011 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 606 OF 2007 Rupesh @ Prince Mahabal Shetty. ..Applicant. Versus State of Maharashtra and Others. ..Respondents. Mr. Ashish J. Dubey i/b Mr. Akhilesh Dubey for the applicant. Mr. H. J. Dedhia, APP for the State. Coram : B. H. MARLAPALLE & RANJIT V. MORE, JJ. Date : March 1, 2011. P. C. : 1. The applicant has been convicted and sentenced for the offence punishable under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1908 in Sessions Case No.354 of 2003 as per the order dated 24.4.2007. The said order of conviction and sentence is the subject matter of challenge in Criminal Appeal No. 606 of 2007 and the said appeal has been admitted. 2. By this application it is prayed that he be released on bail as the appeal is not likely to be taken up for final hearing in the near srp -: 2 :- Appn. 275/11 future. The record indicates that after the appeal was admitted, the applicant’s plea for bail was turned down in Bail Application No. 74 of 2007 on 5.7.2007. The second Bail Application was rejected on 23.3.2010. 3. We do not find any change in the circumstances so as to consider this 3rd application. 4. So far as the prayer for listing the appeal for early hearing is concerned, as per roster, the Criminal Appeals (Jail) are taken up for hearing chronologically and presently we are hearing such appeals of the year 2003. We have also noted that the applicant was on bail during trial and he has been taken in custody after he was convicted and sentenced by the Sessions Court. Thus, he has been in jail for about 4 years. 5. Hence, let Criminal Appeal No. 606 of 2007 be listed for final hearing in due course after it is ready. 6. Application is rejected. (RANJIT V. MORE, J.) (B.H.MARLAPALLE,J.)