1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 4859 OF 2009 Shri Anil Devalu Chavan ..... Applicant. V/s The State of Maharashtra ...... Respondent. Mr. Rahul S. Kate for the applicant. Mrs. S.D. Shinde, APP for the State. CORAM: V. M. KANADE, J. DATE : 14TH DECEMBER, 2009 P.C.:- 1. Heard the learned Counsel for the applicant and the learned APP for the State. 2 Applicant has been arrested in connection with the offence punishable under section 302 read with section 34 of the Indian Penal Code. According to the applicant, his wife had committed suicide by hanging herself to the iron rod on the shed of a roof and, thereafter, with the help of his parents, he removed the body and kept it on the floor. This version is, however, not supported by his brother, sister and parents and, according to them, the applicant informed his brother, sister and parents that deceased fell down from the cot and died. Postmortem notes, however, indicate that the deceased died due to asphyxia due to throttling. This being the case, it is not possible to accept the said submission 2 made by the learned Counsel for the applicant that the deceased had committed suicide. In my view, this is not a fit case for grant of bail. 3. Application for bail is rejected. Trial Court shall not be influenced by any observations made by this Court while rejecting this application for bail as these observations, essentially, are prima facie in nautre. Trial Court shall decide the criminal case on its own merits and in accordance with law. 4. Application is disposed of. (V.M. KANADE, J.)