1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 4622 OF 2009 Shri Santosh James Chatre ...Applicant vs. The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent Mr.S.M. Borkar and Mr.P.D. Bade for the Applicant. Mrs.S.D. Shinde, APP for the State. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. DATED : DECEMBER 11, 2009 P.C. :- 1 Heard Counsel for the applicant and APP for the State. 2 The applicant has been arrested in connection with an offence punishable under Sections 302, 201, 364 read with 34 of the IPC which is registered vide C.R.NO.25/2009 with the Chakan Police Station, Pune. 2 3 A dead body of Prakash Thorat was found on 29th January, 2009. The only material on record against the present applicant is that he was last seen with the deceased near a hotel on 27th January, 2009 at 10.30 p.m. The statements of two other witnesses have been recorded who have alleged that the present applicant had said that he had committed the murder of the deceased. Apart from this, there is no other material on record. Extra judicial confession is a weak type of evidence. There has to be some other corroboration to show the involvement of the present applicant. There is recovery of blood-stained clothes at the instance of the present applicant. Since this is the only material on record, in my view, the applicant deserves to be released on bail. 4 The applicant be released on bail in the sum of Rs.5000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. He shall, however, not enter the Chakan Police Station pending the hearing and final 3 disposal of the criminal case. He shall report to the police station nearest to his new residence once in a month. 5 Application is disposed of. (V.M. KANADE, J.)