[-1-] IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLN.NO.100 OF 2008 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 798 OF 2005 Jai Prasad Ramanna Rai ..Applicant (Ori.Accused) Vs. State of Maharashtra & Anr. ..Respondents ... Mr.Prakash Shetty Advocate for Applicant Mr.J.P.Yagnik A.P.P. for the State ... CORAM: SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J. CORAM: SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J. CORAM: SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J. DATE : MARCH 12, 2008 DATE : MARCH 12, 2008 DATE : MARCH 12, 2008 IN CHAMBER AT 2.45 P.M. IN CHAMBER AT 2.45 P.M. IN CHAMBER AT 2.45 P.M. P.C. P.C. P.C. 1. Heard the learned advocate for the applicant and the learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The applicant has been convicted under Section 307 of IPC. The case of the prosecution is that the applicant caused injuries to P.W.1 Satish Shetty. [-2-] 3. The applicant had earlier preferred application for bail i.e. Criminal Application No. 5542 of 2005. The said application came to be rejected on 25th October, 2005. The applicant has now preferred this fresh application for bail. 4. The learned advocate for the applicant has submitted that the applicant has been convicted under Section 307 of IPC and as of today, he has been in custody for over three years and five months. He further submitted that the appeal is not likely to be heard in the near-future. Hence, the applicant may be released on bail. 5. The applicant has been convicted only under Section 307 of IPC. He has already been in custody for over three years and five months. The appeal is not likely to be heard in the near-future. Moreover, the applicant was on bail during the trial and he has not misused the liberty granted to him. Hence, looking to all the circumstances, I am inclined to grant bail to the applicant. 6. The applicant-Jai Prasad Ramanna Rai to be released on bail in the sum of Rs.25,000/- [-3-] (Rs.twenty five thousand only) with one or two sureties to make up the said amount. The applicant shall report to Pydhonie Police Station once in a week till the disposal of the appeal. Before being released on bail, the Investigating Officer or the Station House Officer of Pydhonie Police Station shall be informed the address at which the applicant will reside during the period that he is on bail. 7. Application is disposed of. [SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI, J.]