41B. cr appa 615-10.doc RMA IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 615 OF 2010 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 354 OF 2010 Dhiraj Kallappa Kotiyan @ Dhiru Pujari .. Applicant Vs The State of Maharashtra & Ano. .. Respondents Mr. Rahul Arote for the Applicant Mr. V.B. Konde-Deshmukh,APP for the State CORAM : SMT. V.K. TAHILRAMANI, J DATE : 26th AUGUST, 2010. P.C.: 1. Heard learned advocate for the applicant and learned APP for the State. 2. The applicant original accused no. 2 has been convicted under Section 326 of IPC and he sentenced to suffer RI for three years. The appeal preferred by the applicant is pending before this Court. Now, the applicant is seeking bail. 3. It is the prosecution case that the applicant assaulted PW 1 Navnath. Injury caused to Navnath in the incident was only on his fingers. Learned advocate for the applicant states that the applicant has very good case in the appeal. He further submits that the applicant was on bail 1 41B. cr appa 615-10.doc during the trial and he has not misused the liberty granted to him. This statement is not controverted by learned APP. The applicant has been sentenced to three years imprisonment and the appeal is not likely to come up for hearing in the near future. In this view of the matter, I am inclined to grant bail. Hence, the following order: O R D E R 1. The applicant Dhiraj Kallappa Kotiyan @ Dhiru Pujaribe released on bail in the sum of Rs. 20,000/- [Rs. Twenty Thousand Only] with one or two sureties to make up the said amount. The Applicant shall report to Jogeshwari Police Station once in a fortnight till disposal of the appeal. 2. Application is allowed in above terms. [SMT. V.K. TAHILRAMANI, J.] 2 41B. cr appa 615-10.doc 3