1 mpt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 320 of 2010 Sagar Girish Kumar ... Applicant versus The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent ... Mr.M.K. Kocharekar i/b Rajeev Sawant & Associates for the applicant. Mr.J.P. Kharge APP for the State. CORAM : D.G. KARNIK, J. DATED : 25th January 2010 P.C. 1. The applicant seeks bail in connection with C.R. No.508 of 2009 registered with Santacruz Police Station, Mumbai for an offence punishable under section 307 of the IPC. 2. The prosecution case in short is that the applicant was travelling along with accused no.1 in a car. Accused no.1 was driving the car. Accused no.1 jumped a traffic signal and a constable tried to stop the car. Instead of halting, the accused no.1 sped and ran over the police constable. Accused no.1 was arrested for an offence u/s.307 of the IPC. 2 3. The applicant who was only a passenger in the car was also been arrested and charged with an offence punishable u/s.307 of the IPC. There is no material against the applicant that he was in any way responsible for the acts of the driver. There is not even an allegation that applicant was a conspirator or had instigated the accused no.1 – driver of the car - to run over the constable. Prima facie there is no sufficient material connecting the applicant to the crime. Hence, he deserves to be granted bail. 4. Applicant be released on bail on his executing P.R. Bond of Rs. 10,000/- with one surety of the like amount. (D.G. KARNIK,J.)