IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1302 OF 2007 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.1050 OF 2007 Sandip Kisan Kumbhar & Ors. ...Applicants Versus The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent ...... Mr.Shekhar A.Ingawale for Applicants. Mr.Rajesh More, A.P.P. for Respondent. ...... CORAM: A.M.KHANWILKAR, J. CORAM: A.M.KHANWILKAR, J. CORAM: A.M.KHANWILKAR, J. APRIL 3, 2008. APRIL 3, 2008. APRIL 3, 2008. P.C. P.C. P.C. 1. Heard Counsel for the parties. 2. Having regard to the evidence on record and the finding reached by the Court below coupled with the fact that the offence in question is a serious offence, I am not inclined to accept prayer for bail as made in this Application. 3. Counsel for the Applicant submits that the : 2 : Court may consider granting bail at least to Applicants 2 and 3. Even with regard to Applicants 2 and 3, I find that there is material on record which indicates their complicity in the commission of offence. 4. Suffice it to observe that the Applicants have hardly undergone the sentence period of about eight months as of now. The Application is, therefore, rejected. 5. The Applicants will be free to renew the prayer for bail in the event, the Appeal does not mature for hearing before December 2008. 6. Disposed of on the above terms. A.M.KHANWILKAR, J.