1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY BENCH AT NAGPUR CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 2762/2009 (Shivkumar @Chhotu Ghanshyam Janunapare vs. State of Maharashtra ) Office Notes, Office Memorandum of Coram appearances, Court's orders of directions & Registrar's orders. Court's or Judges Order Mr S B Trivedi Adv. for applicant Mr D P Thakare, APP for Respondent -State *** C ORAM : A.P. BHANGALE, J. DATED : 06 th OCTOBER ,2009. 1. Heard counsel for the respective parties. 2. Learned Advocate for the applicant prayed for grant of bail in favour of the applicant in respect of Crime No. 250/2008 reported at Bhandara Police Station for offence punishable under sections 302, 201 of the Indian Penal Code. The accusations against the applicant are too serious. It appears that earlier, the applicant had moved the learned Sessions Judge, Bhandara seeking bail but his application came to be rejected on 28.1.2009 by a reasoned order. It is no doubt true that there is no statement of any witnesses which can be considered as evidence of direct nature; but the material collected in respect of circumstances surrounding death of Sau. Shakuntala Bhojraj Meshram, aged about 45 years, it is alleged that she was called by the applicant on a promise that he would repay the amount of loan in the sum of R.15,000/-. Thus, on that pretext she was called at the house of applicant Shivkumar @ Chhotu Ghanshyam Janunapare at Warthi village Dist. Bhandara. It does appear that deceased had visited the house of the accused along with her son Swapnil. Swapnil was sent out by the applicant on the pretext of asking him to bring a bottle of water for preparing syrup and while he went out; it is alleged that deceased late Shakuntala was cut into pieces; her dead body was dumped into a drum along with clothes and kerosene was poured into that drum. The dead body 2 was attempted to be burnt in order to destroy the evidence of murder. The material collected during the investigation does indicate serious accusation which may amount to heinous crime of murder and attempt to destroy the evidence, if duly proved. Under these circumstances, I am not ready to take any different view of the matter than the view taken by learned Sessions Court Bhandara, while rejecting the bail application. Application is rejected. However, it is expected that the Sessions Court to give priority to this matter and hear and dispose of it on merits, as early as possible, without being influenced by any observations made hereinabove. JUDGE. sahare