1 BA-1662-11.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Mhi CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION NO. 1662 OF 2011 Dilip Madhukar Shelke ... Applicant vs. The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent Mr. Balasaheb R. Deshmukh,Advocate, for the applicant. Mrs.P.P.Shinde,APP for the respondent - State. CORAM: J.H.BHATIA,J. DATE : 14th December, 2011. P.C. 1. The applicant seeks to be released on bail in Crime No.118/2010 registered with Vairag Police Station, District Solapur, for the offence under Section 302 read with Section 34 of IPC. 2. According to prosecution case, on 5.7.2010 at about 3 p.m., accused No.1 Ravi Ramchandra Jagtap and one more accused went to the house of deceased Sachin and took him along with them on a motorcycle. Thereafter, from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Ravi Jagtap, the present applicant Dilip Shelke, another accused Prasad and deceased Sachin were at Dosti Dhaba run by one Shamim Jahagirdar There they had taken meals as well as liquor. At about 10 p.m., they left the said 2 BA-1662-11.sxw Dhaba on two motorcycles. Next day morning, dead body of Sachin was found with large number of injuries caused with sharp weapons. The report was lodged by father of the deceased. According to prosecution, present applicant and two other accused were last seen together with the deceased on 5.7.2010 at 10 p.m., when they left Dhaba of Shamim Jahagirdar. According to prosecution, the blood stained Kukri and blood stained clothes on the person of the present applicant were recovered during investigation. The C.A. Report shows that the said Kukri as well as the clothes on the person of the present applicant were stained with blood group of AB. That was the blood group of the deceased also. There is no eye-witness of the incident, but there is sufficient circumstantial evidence to prima facie show that the present applicant was involved in commission of the offence of murder. Taking into consideration the gravity of the offence, it will not be in the interest of justice to grant bail to the applicant. Application stands rejected. 3. The present applicant and one more accused are in jail for 1½ year. Therefore, the learned Sessions Judge, Solapur, shall expedite the trial of the case and dispose of the same as early as possible and, in any case, by the end of April, 2012. (J.H.BHATIA,J.)