IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 379 OF 2008 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 379 OF 2008 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 379 OF 2008 IN IN IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 304 OF 2008 CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 304 OF 2008 CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 304 OF 2008 Mr.Nareshsingh Sumersingh Thakur ...Applicant/ Appellant/ Orig.Accused No.5. vs. The State of Maharashtra ...Respondents WITH CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 381 OF 2008 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 381 OF 2008 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 381 OF 2008 IN IN IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 305 OF 2008 CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 305 OF 2008 CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 305 OF 2008 Mr.Muralikumar @ Ravindra Kumar @ Sureshkumar Purushottam Pannikar ...Applicant/ Appellant/ Orig.Accused No.2. vs. The State of Maharashtra ...Respondents Appearance in above matters :- Appearance in above matters :- Appearance in above matters :- Mr.Vaibhav Bagade for the Applicant. Mr.Rajesh More, APP for the State. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. DATED : NOVEMBER 24, 2008 DATED : NOVEMBER 24, 2008 DATED : NOVEMBER 24, 2008 P.C. :- P.C. :- P.C. :- 1. Both these applicants have been convicted for the offence punishable under Section 397 read with 34 of the IPC and is sentenced to suffer RI for 7 years. The - 2 - applicant Nareshsingh Sumersingh Thakur was arrested on 5th February, 2001 and the applicant Muralikumar @ Ravindra Kumar @ Sureshkumar Purushottam Pannikar was arrested on 27th March, 2000 and they are languishing in jail since them. Applicant Nareshsingh Sumersingh Thakur was granted bail by the trial court, however, he was arrested in some other case. The applicants are in jail practically since last 8 years and have undergone the entire sentence. The appeals are not likely to come up for hearing for sometime. 2. Under these peculiar facts, both the applicants be released on bail in the sum of Rs.5000/- each with one or two sureties in the like amount. The applicants shall furnish one local surety. They shall report to the concerned police station once in a month. 3. Both the applications are allowed and are disposed of. (V.M. KANADE, J.) (V.M. KANADE, J.) (V.M. KANADE, J.)