1 Amk IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1152 OF 2009 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 10 OF 2006 Raju Manoranjan Vishwajit .. Applicant Vs. The State of Maharashtra .. Respondent Ms. Bhagyashri Joshi i/b. D. N. Salvi for Applicant. Mrs. A. A. Mane APP for State. CORAM : MRS. R. S. DALVI , J. DATED : 16th December, 2009. P.C. : 1. The applicant has been convicted under Sections 395/397 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3 r/w.25 of Indian Arms Act and has been sentenced to suffer 7 years rigorous imprisonment and pay fine. The applicant has undergone about 5 years & 4 months of sentence. The sentence has been passed on 11.11.2005 by the 2nd Ad hoc Addl. Sessions Judge, Sangli. 2. Relying upon the judgment of the Supreme Court in the case of “Bhagwan Rama Shinde Gosai and Others Vs. State of 2 Gujarat (1990 CRI. L. J. 2568)”, the applicant is required to be released on bail since he has been sentenced to a fixed period of sentence and there are no exceptional circumstances like the criminal antecedents shown against the accused by the learned Addl. APP. 3. Since the applicant has been convicted inter alia under 395/397 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3 r/w.25 of Indian Arms Act which has a propensity for repetition the applicant must be released on bail under specific supervision so as to deter him from repeating the offence. 4. The applicant shall be released on bail in a sum of Rs. 25,000/- with one or two sureties in like amount. 5. The applicant shall report to the IO of the relevant police station on every Monday until the hearing of the appeal. (R. S. DALVI, J.)