/ 1 / IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1414 OF 2008 1. Mohammad Natish Mohammad Shafik 2. Mohammad Kashid Nawab Hasan 3. Shaikh Samin Shaikh Anwar 4. Shaikh Ahmed Shaikh Mustafa 5. Rais Mumtaj Sayyed Ali Qureshi ...Applicants vs. The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent --- Shri N.R. Bubna for the Applicants Mrs. M.H. Mhatre APP for the State ---- CORAM: V.M. KANADE J. DATED 17TH DECEMBER, 2008 P.C. 1. The Applicants have been convicted for the offence punishable under section 395 r/w. 397 of the Indian Penal Code and are sentenced to suffer R.I. for eight years each and to pay a fine of Rs.1,000/- and, in default, to further suffer S.I. for two months. They are also convicted for the offence punishable under section 3 r/w. 25 of the Arms Act and sentenced to suffer R.I. for four years and to pay a fine of Rs.1,000/- and, in default, to suffer S.I. for two months. The Applicants are further convicted for the offence punishable under section 506 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to suffer R.I. for two years and to pay a fine of Rs.500/- and, in default, to suffer S.I. for one month. / 2 / 2. The Applicants are in jail since last five years since the bail was not granted to them during pendency of the trial. The Applicants have already undergone more than 3 to 4 years of the sentence and since the appeal is not likely to come up for hearing for quite some time, in my view, the Applicants deserve to be released on bail. 3. The Applicants be released on bail in the sum of Rs.5,000/- each with one or two sureties in the like amount. 4. The Applicants, however, shall report to Malegaon City Police Station once in a week during pendency of the appeal. 4. Application is, accordingly, disposed of. V.M.KANADE J.