1 appa153810 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1538 OF 2010 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1463 OF 2004 Suklal Omkar Londhe ...Applicant V/s. The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent WITH CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 215 OF 2011 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1463 OF 2004 Ashok Motiram Gaikwad ...Applicant V/s. The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent Mr. R.D. Suryawanshi for the Applicants in both matters Mr. K.V. Saste, A.P.P., for the State. CORAM: A.M. KHANWILKAR AND SMT. NISHITA MHATRE, JJ. DATE: 15TH FEBRUARY, 2011 (in Chambers) P.C.:- This is third bail application filed by the respective accused. Both these applications have been received through jail. 2 appa153810 2. As a matter of fact, the applicants are represented by advocate in the appeal pending before this Court. Unless the advocate was to be discharged, the applicants could not have presented the applications for bail. Nevertheless, we have heard Mr. Suryawanshi for the applicants, who is on record for the appellants in the pending appeal. 3. There is noting to indicate that the circumstances,which obtained when the first bail application preferred by the applicants came to be rejected, have changed in any manner. In absence of changed circumstances, successive bail applications cannot be entertained. 4. As a result, the applications ought to fail. The same are rejected. 5. Insofar as prayer for early hearing of the appeal is concerned, as per the present assignment, the matters covered under Category “Convicts in Jail” are treated as expedited category of cases. As of now, the appeals pertaining to year 2002 are already on Final Hearing Board. In the circumstances, the prayer for expediting hearing of the appeal also cannot be entertained, as the appeal will have to 3 appa153810 proceed, as per its turn, under concerned category, i.e., “Convicts in Jail”. SMT. NISHITA MHATRE, J. A.M. KHANWILKAR, J.