1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR. Criminal Application No. 40 of 2010 Sundarlal and ors v. State of Maharashtra -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. Court's or Judge's Orders. None appears for applicants Mr K.S. Dhote, APP for State Coram : A.P. Bhangale, J Dated : 4th February 2010 1. When the matter was called out as per chronology, a request was made on behalf of the counsel for applicants to keep back the matter. Matter was kept back. On second call, none appears for applicant. 2. Heard learned APP for the State. With the assistance of learned APP I have gone through the application and relevant papers including order of the trial Court. 3. Applicants are seeking bail in Crime No. 121/09 registered with Police Station, Dharni for an offence under Section 307 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code. 4. Accusations against the applicants are serious. On petty count, they poured kerosene on the person of Harilal and set him on fire. It was the wife of victim who poured water and extinguished the fire. Report of Junai w/o Harilal reveals that 2 all the accused dragged Harilal out of house. Applicant Kalmi poured kerosene on the person of Harilal; applicant Sheklal lighted match-stick and applicant Sunderlal held both hands of Harilal. 5. Applicants had initially moved application for bail before the Additional Sessions Judge, Achalpur, but that was rejected. After filing of charge-sheet, again application for bail was moved but that has also been rejected vide order dated 7.11.2009. Considering the material collected by the prosecution, this is not a fit case for grant of bail to the applicants. Application is accordingly rejected. Judge. hsj