1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR. Criminal Application No. 3085 of 2009 Arun v. State of Maharashtra -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. Court's or Judge's Orders. Mr S.V. Sirpurkar, Advocate for applicant Ms T. Khade, APP for State Coram: A.P. Bhangale, J Dated : 15th September 2009 1. Applicant is seeking bail in Crime No. 22/09 registered with Police Station, Mul under Sections 436, 452 and 324 of the Indian Penal Code. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for State. 2. Learned counsel for applicant contends that there is no supporting statement as against the applicant’s active role in setting complainant’s house on fire and that offence under Section 324 IPC is bailable. 3. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor, on the other hand, opposed bail application that even though other witnesses have stated that they heard about act of applicant setting first informant’s house on fire, statements cannot be discarded at this stage. 4. Considering the fact that no other witness is attributing active 2 role to the applicant that he set the house of first informant on fire, applicant deserves to be released on bail. 5. Applicant be released on bail upon his furnishing PR Bond in the sum of Rs. 30,000/- with one or more solvent sureties in the like amount. Applicant shall not tamper with prosecution evidence in any manner and shall not communicate with any of the prosecution witnesses. He shall not enter the village where first informant is living during the pendency of trial. Applicant shall leave his address where he would be ordinarily staying during the pendency of trial, to the I.O. as also the trial Court. Application stands disposed of. Hamdast. Judge. hsj