1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1246 OF 2009 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1246 OF 2009 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1246 OF 2009 Ganesh Kondiba Jadhav ... Applicant Versus State of Maharashtra ... Respondent Mr. Ujwal R.Agandsurve for the applicant. Mr. S.S.Pednekar, APP, for the State. CORAM: V.M.KANADE,J. CORAM: V.M.KANADE,J. CORAM: V.M.KANADE,J. DATE : 23rd March,2009. DATE : 23rd March,2009. DATE : 23rd March,2009. P.C P.C P.C. 1. Heard the Counsel for the applicant and the APP. 2. The applicant has been arrested in connection with the offence punishable under Sections 302, 201 read with 34 of Indian Penal Code registered with the Kurudwadi Police Station vide C.R.No.48/07. The prosecution case is that the applicant and two other persons had assaulted the deceased with a stump and thereafter put the dead body in a gunny bag and they called for a pick up van. Apart from the statement of 2 the applicant recorded under Section 27 wherein he had disclosed the place where the assault had taken place on the deceased. There is no material on record to show the involvement of the present applicant in the commission of the said offence. The other two co-accused have been granted bail by the Sessions Court against whom allegations have been made. The applicant therefore deserves to be released on bail on the ground of parity. Apart from that, admittedly, there is no other material on record to connect the present applicant with the commission of offence except the interrogation which he had under Section 27 disclosing the place where the offence had taken place. 3. Under these circumstances, the applicant be released on bail in the sum of Rs.5,000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. He shall report the concerned Police Station once in a month. The Application is disposed of. (V.M.KANADE,J (V.M.KANADE,J (V.M.KANADE,J.)