1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 644 OF 2009 Purbhaji Namdeo Tidke ....Applicant. Versus The State of Maharashtra ....Respondent. Smt. S.S.Jadhav, Advocate for applicant. Smt. S.B. Wadmare, APP for State.. CORAM : A.V. NIRGUDE, J. DATE : 12th JUNE, 2009 PER COURT : 1. The applicant is seeking bail in Crime No. 139/2008 registered at Vasmat Police Station, alleging offence punishable under section 302 r/w. 34 of I.P.C. 2. The applicant is the principal accused. The other accused are already released on bail. This is a typical case of custodial death. The prosecution case indicated that the applicant and his wife were the only persons who stayed during the night between 12 and 13 September 2008 at a farm house belonging to the applicant. In the morning, the wife of the applicant was found dead. The applicant's brother disclosed before Police Patil of the village that the applicant's wife had died due to 2 diarrhea and vomitting. The Police Patil then inspected the dead body and suspected foul play. Soon the police came and in post mortem, it was revealed that the wife of the applicant had suffered number of injuries all over her body and she had died due to neurological shock due to multiple injuries. The post mortem report shows that she had suffered as many as eight fracture injuries. The prosecution case shows that when the applicant realized that he had killed his wife, in the morning he went to his brother's house and told him that he had killed his wife and he should be helped. Soon the other accused namely his own father and other brother came to his house and created an impression that the victim had died a natural death. There is ample material on record to indicate that the applicant is a person of cruel nature, who used to beat up his own son and wife mercilessly. His son, aged 11 years, had already left home and had started residing with his maternal uncle. Even the deceased had left him for some time and had taken shelter at her brother's house. It was about one and half month prior to death, she had come to stay with the applicant and ultimately met her fate. The applicant does not deserve any sympathy as far as his application for bail is concerned. The application stands rejected. [ A.V. NIRGUDE, J. ] ssc/criapln644.09