34.cr appa 990-10.doc RMA IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 990 OF 2010 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 575 OF 2010 Aslam Abdul Hamid Kashmiri .. Applicant Vs The State of Maharashtra .. Respondent Mr. Ayaz Khan for the applicant Ms. M.M. Deshmukh, APP for the State CORAM : SMT. V.K. TAHILRAMANI, J DATE : 3rd SEPTEMBER, 2010. P.C.: 1. Heard learned advocate for the applicant and learned APP for the State. 2. This is an application for grant of bail. The applicant has been convicted for an offence punishable under Section 20(b)(ii)(B) read with 8(c) of NDPS Act and sentenced to suffer RI for 3 years and pay fine of Rs. 10,000/-, in default to undergo further RI for 3 months. 3. It is an admitted fact that the applicant has undergone more than half the period of imprisonment. Learned advocate for the applicant has placed reliance on the order of this Court in case of Abioye Olayinka Alexander @ 1 34.cr appa 990-10.doc Alex Vs Union of India & Ano passed on 4th March 2010 in Criminal Application No. 61 of 2010 [ Coram : B.R. Gavai, J]. He pointed out that in the said order, the applicant came to be granted bail as he had undergone half the period of imprisonment. I have perused the said order. In view of the said decision and the facts of this case, I am inclined to grant bail to the applicant. Hence, the following order: O R D E R 1. Applicant Aslam Abdul Hamid Kashmiri be released on bail in the sum of Rs. 25,000/- [Rs. Twenty Five Thousand Only] each with one or two sureties to make up the said amount. The Applicant shall report to Anti Narcotic Cell, Azad Maidan Unit, Mumbai once in a month till disposal of the appeal. 1. The applicant shall not leave Maharashtra without prior permission of the Court. 2. Application is allowed in above terms. [SMT. V.K. TAHILRAMANI, J.] 2 34.cr appa 990-10.doc 3