1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE Criminal Application No.767 of 2007 In Criminal Appeal No.508 of 2007 Ravindra Atmaram Ugale & anr. Appellants Vs. State of Maharashtra Respondent Mr.H.E.Palwe for appellants. Mr.A.S.Shinde, APP for State. CORAM: B.H.MARLAPALLE, J. July 9, 2007. P.C. . Heard the learned counsel for the applicants and the learned APP for the State. The applicants were put on trial in Special Case No.9 of 2006 for an offence punishable under Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 as well as punishable under Section 506 of IPC. They have been acquitted on the first charge but have been convicted for the offences punishable under Sections 509 and 506 of IPC and sentenced to undergo three months Simple Imprisonment for the offence under Section 509 of IPC and six months R.I. for the offence punishable under Section 506 of IPC in addition to the amount of fine of Rs.1,000/- and Rs.5000/- respectively. The said order of conviction and sentence is under challenge 2 in Criminal Appeal No.508 of 2007 which has been admitted today. . The fine has been deposited on 2/4/2007 i.e. the day on which the order of conviction and sentence was pronounced. The learned counsel for the applicants states that they were granted time to surrender and as on today they are not in jail. The applicant no.1 was shown to be of 32 years of age and the applicant no.2 was shown to be of 36 years of age in Special Case No.9 of 2006. I am satisfied that the applicants deserve to be granted bail. . Hence the application is allowed and it is directed that the applicants be released on bail during the pendency of Criminal Appeal No.508 of 2007 and on the same terms as before the trial Court with fresh bonds (B.H.MARL