SSM 1 11.appa.329.11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 329 OF 2011 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 46 OF 2010 Samad Samasul Haq Khan ....Applicant Versus State of Maharashtra ....Respondent ____________ None for the Applicant. Mr. Y. M. Nakhwa, APP for State. CORAM: A. R. JOSHI, J. DATED : 7 TH APRIL, 2011. P.C.: This is an application for modification of the bail order preferred by the Applicant-convicted Accused from jail. 2. Applicant was convicted for the offences punishable under Sections 306 and 498-A of the Indian Penal Code. Respectively, Applicant was sentenced to suffer imprisonment for five years and three years for such offences. Applicant has challenged the said conviction by filing Criminal Appeal No. 46 of 2010. Said Appeal has already been admitted and order of bail SSM 2 11.appa.329.11 was granted in his favour directing him to give surety to the tune of Rs.15,000/-. Apparently, till February, 2011, Applicant could not avail the bail for Rs.15,000/- and as such made hand written representation to this Court by letter through jail dated 9 th February, 2011 asking for reduction of the bail amount. Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, learned APP on instructions from the concerned jail official by name Shri. S. K. Kanekar (Jailer, Thane Central Jail) stated that on 25 th March, 2011, the present Applicant has already been released on the bail amount of Rs.15,000/- In view of such statement made by the learned APP on instructions of jail official, nothing survives in the present Petition and same is disposed off. (A. R. JOSHI J.)