1 Cri.Appln. No.3423/2011 with Cri.Appln. No.3424/2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.3423 OF 2011 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.406 OF 2011 Sachin s/o Bharat Khogre ... APPLICANT VERSUS The State of Maharashtra ... RESPONDENT ..... Shri V.S. Kadam, Advocate for the applicant Shri B.J. Sonawane, A.P.P. for respondent ..... W I T H CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.3424 OF 2011 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.407 OF 2011 Azhar Sadiq Ahmed Siddiqui ... APPLICANT VERSUS The State of Maharashtra ... RESPONDENT ..... Shri R.N. Dhorde, Advocate holding for Shri V.R. Dhorde, Advocate for the applicant Shri B.J. Sonawane, A.P.P. for respondent ..... CORAM : U.D. SALVI, J. DATED : 22nd August, 2011. PER COURT : 1. Heard. Perused the applications. 2 Cri.Appln. No.3423/2011 with Cri.Appln. No.3424/2011 2. The accused have preferred appeals against the judgment and order dated 29.7.2011, passed by the learned Special Judge, Osmanabad in Special Case (AC) No.1/2010, convicting them for the offences punishable under Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 i.e. the accused No.1 under Section 7 and 13(1)(d) read with 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and the accused No.2 under Section 12 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The accused No.1 Sachin s/o Bharat Khogre, the appellant in Criminal Appeal No.406/2011 has been sentenced for maximum sentence of two years whereas the accused No.2 Azhar Sadiq Ahmed Siddiqui, the appellant in Criminal Appeal No.407/2011 has been sentenced for one year. It is contended that the fines have been deposited in the trial Court and there has been no history of misuse of the liberty granted to the applicants while they were on bail before the trial Court. This position is conceded by the prosecution. 3. Considering these facts and circumstances particularly when the appeals have been admitted and the disposal would take substantial time, the appellants/ accused deserve to be released on bail. Hence order : 3 Cri.Appln. No.3423/2011 with Cri.Appln. No.3424/2011 O R D E R 4. Both the criminal applications are allowed. The applicants/ accused shall be released on executing P.R. bond of Rs.15,000/- (Rupees fifteen thousand) each with one or more sureties in the like amount, subject to the condition that they shall keep the duly instructed Advocates ready for conducting the appeals whenever the same come up for hearing. ( U.D. SALVI, J. ) fmp/cri3423.11