1` IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR Criminal Application No. 137/2008 in Criminal Appeal No. 17/2008 Purushottam Ramji Bhoyar vs. State of Maharashtra ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's or directions and Registrar's orders. Orders. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORAM : A.P.LAVANDE & A.B.CHAUDHARI, JJ DATE : 1.04.2008 Heard Mr. Bapat, learned counsel for the appellant and Mr. Doifode, learned A.P.P. for the respondent. 2. By this application, the appellant/applicant who has been convicted for the offences punishable under Sections 302 and 201 of the Indian Penal Code by the Judgment and order dated 13th August 2007 in Sessions Case No. 72/2005 passed by Sessions Judge, Gadchiroli for having committed the murder of his wife Kavita seeks bail and suspension of substantive sentence. The trial court has relied upon the evidence of last seen tendered through P.W. 3 Savitribai, P.W.7 Balaji Meshram as well as discovery of the dead body of the deceased at the instance of the accused. The dead body of deceased Kavita was found in jungle. The medical evidence also supports the prosecution case. 3. Having heard the learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.P.P. we find no merit in the present application. The circumstantial evidence brought on record by the prosecution is, in our opinion, sufficient to prove the offences 2` punishable under Sections 302 and 201 of the Indian Penal Code. We are not inclined to grant suspension of sentence and bail to the applicant at this stage. Hence, the application is dismissed. Needless to mention that the observations made above are for the limited purpose for disposal of this application for suspension of sentence and grant of bail. Judge Judge patle