sanjay 1 557.11-appa IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 557 OF 2011 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 109 OF 2011 Shri Ajit Krushna Ghanekar. ... Applicant. V/s. State of Maharashtra. ... Respondent. K.S.Patil for the applicant. Mrs.A.S.Pai, A.P.P. for the respondent- State. CORAM : B. H. MARLAPALLE & A. M. THIPSAY, JJ. DATED : 2nd May 2011. P.C. : Heard Mr.K.S.Patil, learned counsel for the applicant (appellant No.3) and Mrs.A.S.Pai, learned A.P.P. for the State of Maharashtra. 2. The applicant has been convicted and sentenced to undergo life imprisonment in Sessions Case No.234/2008 and the sanjay 2 557.11-appa said order is under challenge in Criminal Appeal No.109/2011 which has been admitted by us on 31st January 2011. 3. The applicant, who is one of the appellants in Criminal Appeal No.109/2011 prays for being released on bail so as to attend the wedding ceremony of his sister Vidya. The wedding ceremony is scheduled to take place on 6th May 2011 at village Banoti, taluka- Mhasala, district- Raigad. A copy of the wedding invitation card has been annexed to the application and Mrs.Pai, learned A.P.P., on instructions from the concerned police station, states that the wedding ceremony is scheduled to take place on 6th May 2011. She also pointed out that the applicant was not released on bail during the trial and as of now he is not entitled for being released either on parole or furlough leave. 4. The applicant’s father Shri Krushna Janardhan Ghanekar is present and he has submitted a written undertaking before us that in case the applicant is released on temporary bail, he (Krushna) shall ensure that the applicant surrenders to the jail as per the directions of the Court. Shri Krushna Ghanekar is employed with the Naval Dockyard (Indian Navy Material Organisation), Mumbai- 400 086 as a Carpenter. sanjay 3 557.11-appa 5. We are satisfied, in the peculiar facts of this case, that the applicant deserves to be released on temporary bail of two days to attend the wedding ceremony of his sister. Hence we direct that the applicant be released on temporary bail on 5th May 2011 before 10.00 a.m. and he shall surrender to the very same jail, which releases him, on 7th May 2011 before 10.00 a.m. He shall be released on temporary bail in the sum of Rs.25,000/- with one or two sureties of the like amount. 6. The application is allowed accordingly. 7. Shri Krushna Ghanekar to file an affidavit by 9th May, 2011, confirming the surrender of the applicant on 7th May, 2011. (A. M. THIPSAY, J.) (B. H. MARLAPALLE, J.)