1 APPLN2189OF10.sxw vks IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.2189 OF 2010. Hambirrao Shivaji Mane .. Applicant -versus The State of Maharashtra .. Respondent. Mr.A.P. Mundargi, for the Applicant. Mrs. R.V. Newton, APP for the respondent State. CORAM: R.C. CHAVAN, J. DATED: 25th August, 2010 P.C. 1. The applicant who has been chargesheeted for his alleged involvement in the murder of Anant Tukaram Nalwade, seeks his enlargement on the bail on the ground that two other accused persons namely Maruti Kamble and Babaso Krishna Bansode, have been granted bail. According to prosecution the role of the applicant is that the applicant drove the jeep in which assailants took the victim. The victim was murdered by Mohan Takale and Maruti Kamble. Thereafter Maruti Kamble took out the dead body and carried it away from the jeep. The applicant continue to stay in the jeep. The applicant is alleged to have found one shoe of the victim in the jeep and therefore, he hid the shoe in bushes. The murder had taken place on 28th August, 2009. 2 APPLN2189OF10.sxw The dead body was found on 3lst August, 2009 at the instance of Mohan Takale and discovery of shoe was made at the instance of the applicant on 14.10.2009. The other shoe was stated to have been recovered on 3.9.2009. There is nothing to show that the applicant was contacted on his mobile phone from one SIM card which was found at the spot. Considering the fact that even according to prosecution case the applicant is alleged to have driven the jeep in which victim and the assailant travelled and shoe of the victim was produced after victim’s dead body was thrown and since Maruti Kamble, the person who had alleged actually participated in the murder has already been bailed out, the applicant be also admitted to bail on the same terms. 2. In view of this, application is allowed. The applicant be released on bail on his furnishing PR Bond in the sum of Rs. 20,000/- with one solvent surety in the like amount, on the condition that the applicant shall report to the concerned police station on every first and third Monday till the trial is over. (R. C. CHAVAN, J.)