1 cr-appa-1042-10 jdk IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRI.APPLN. NO. 1042 OF 2010 IN CRI.APPEAL NO. 22 OF 2002 Bajrang Shankarrao Bodhane ..Applicant vs. The State of Maharashtra ..Respondent .... Mr. S.B.Shetye Adv. for applicant Ms.S.A.Shaikh APP for State .... CORAM : SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI, J. DATE : SEPTEMBER 2, 2010 P.C.: 1 Leave to amend granted. Amendment to be carried out forthwith. 2 Heard the learned advocate for the applicant and the learned APP for the State. 3 By judgment and order dated 19.6.2001 the applicant came to be acquitted in Special Case No. 9 of 1997 by the Special Judge, Pune. By the said judgment and order, the applicant came to be acquitted 2 cr-appa-1042-10 under Sections 7, 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(d)(ii) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. Being aggrieved by the said order, the State has challenged the same by filing Criminal Appeal No.22 of 2002. By order dated 6.1.2004 this Court admitted the appeal and directed action under Section 390 of Cr.P.C. Pursuant to this order, the applicant apprehends arrest, hence, he is seeking bail. 4 Looking to the fact that the applicant has been acquitted by the Special Judge and the appeal preferred by the State is pending before this Court which is not likely to come up for hearing in the next couple of years and looking to the fact that the applicant was on bail pending trial and there is no report that he has misused the liberty granted to him, I am inclined to grant bail to the applicant. 5 Applicant-Bajrang Shankarrao Badhane be released on bail in the sum of Rs.25,000/- (Rs. twenty five thousand only) with one or two sureties to make up the said amount. 6 Application is disposed of. [ SMT. V.K.TAHILRAMANI, J.]