IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 134 OF 2008 IN CRIMINL APPEAL NO. 178 OF 2007. Abdul Raheman Shaikh ...... ......Applicant. V/s State of Maharashtra & Anr... ...... ...Respondents. Mr.Sandeep A. Bhagwat, Adv. For the applicant. Mr.Y.S.Shinde, APP For the respondent. CORAM: A.P.DESHPANDE, J. 21/2/08 PC: By the present application the applicant-accused is seeking his release on bail. The applicant has been convicted for the offence punishable under section 376 (f) of IPC for committing rape of a child aged four years. Age of the applicant at the relevant time was 64 years. Perused the judgment. Having regard to the gravity and seriousness of the offence and having regard to the evidence of the prosecution I do not feel it appropriate to release the applicant on bail. His bail application deserves to be rejected. At this stage learned counsel for the applicant submits that presently the applicant-accused is not keeping good health and has sufferred a paralytic attack. Submission is that if he is released on bail he can stay with members of his family and can avail better treatment. Any sympathy to the applicant will be only misplaced. In the result application for bail stands rejected. Hearing of the appeal is expedited.