1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 3544 OF 2009 Yogesh Mohan Shirke ,........ Applicant versus The State of Maharashtra ........Respondent. Mr. Kuldeeep S. Patil adv. for the Applicant Mr. H.J. Dedhia APP. for the Respondent/State. CORAM: A. P DESHPANDE, J. DATED : 23rd September,2009. P. C.: 1. This is application moved by he appliant under section 439 of Cr.P.C. for regular bail. The applicant is charged for commission of offence punishable under section 302, 143, 147, 148, 149 read 34 of IPC and also under section 37(1) and 135 of B.P.Act. According to the prosecution the incident took place on 14-10-2008 during procession of some goddess. Two processions came in front of each other and the accused persons were dancing at which point of time quarrel took place and the present applicant took out a `khanjir’ (big knife) from the pocket of his pant and gave a powerful stab on the back of the victim consequent upon which he expired. There are eye witnesses to the incident. Statements of Swapnil Vishnu Kachi and Mayur Ratnakar Khatale 2 speaks about the incident. 2. Perused the record. Having regard to the serious nature of the offence and prima facie involvement of the applicant in the commission thereof, in my view this is not a fit case for release of the applicant on bail. Hence application is rejected. 3. The learned counsel for the applicant submits that as applicant is in custody since October 2008, prays for expediting the trial. In that view of the matter, I direct that the Sessions Judge shall make an endeavour to commence the trial as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of four months from today. (A. P. Deshpande, J.)