1 mpt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 5826 of 2009 Ganesh Vishwanath Thorat ... Applicant versus The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent ... Mr. V.D. Raut for the applicant. Mr. A.S. Gadkari APP for the State. CORAM : D.G. KARNIK, J. DATED : 27th January 2010 P.C. 1. Heard. 2. By this application, applicant seeks bail in connection with C.R.No.153 of 2008 registered at Chinchwad Police Station. In all eight persons have been accused of an offence of murder of Raju punishable u/s.302 of the IPC. 3. In the FIR lodged by the brother of the deceased he has named three persons including the present applicant and has also sated that they were accompanied by one more person. Thus it shows the presence of only four persons. The statement of other witnesses shows 2 presence of more than four persons and there is a contradiction between the statements. Six out of the eight accused persons are accordingly granted bail by the Sessions Court. Seventh accused is granted bail by this Court by an order passed today. In the circumstances, applicant is entitled to a bail. O R D E R Applicant be released on bail on his executing personal bond of Rs.20,000/- with two sureties of the like amount subject to the condition that he shall report his presence to the concerned police station once a fortnight i.e between 1st and 5th and 16th and 20th of every British Calendar Month till the conclusion of the trial. In the event of breach of the conditions, bail shall be liable to be cancelled forthwith. (D.G. KARNIK,J.)