1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR. CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 4/2011 (Prakash Mangalchand Chura @ Sharma .vs. State of Maharashtra ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions Court's or Judge's orders. and Registrar's orders Mr. R.J. Shinde, Advocate for Appellant. .......... CORAM : P.D. KODE, J. DATED : JANUARY 14, 2011 Heard. Admit. Mr. J.B. Jaiswal, learned APP appears for the respondent by waiving notice. Criminal APPA No. 15/2011 Heard. By the present application, the applicant convicted for commission of offence under Section 498- A of I.P.C. has prayed for suspension of sentence and releasing him on bail pending hearing and disposal of the appeal. Having regard to the submission made by the learned counsel for the appellant that he was on bail during the pendency of the trial , the sentence being 2 ordered of three years simple imprisonment and unlikely that this matter will come up for early hearing, the prayer in the application deserves consideration as the appeal which is admitted may not come up for final hearing within a short period. Having regard to the same, pending hearing and disposal of the appeal, the substantive sentence of imprisonment imposed upon the appellant is hereby suspended and he is directed to be released on bail subject to furnishing a PR bond in the sum of Rs. 25,000/- with two solvent sureties in the like amount and subject to the conditions that the applicant (i) staying at the address mentioned in the appeal memo and not changing the same without the permission of the Court, (ii) not indulging in any activity of threatening, intimidating or harassing the witnesses who have deposed against him at the trial, (iii) not committing any offence while being on bail granted vide this order and (iv) appearing before this Court at the time of final hearing. JUDGE halwai