1 CA-796.10 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE  CRIMINAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.796 OF 2010 Ravi Shivdas Rathod .... Applicant Vs. The State of Maharashtra .... Respondent Shri Abhaykumar Apte for the Applicant. Ms P.P. Shinde, APP, for the State. CORAM: R.C. CHAVAN, J. DATED: OCTOBER 20, 2010 P.C: 1. The applicant, who is allegedly involved in the murder of one Ramkisan Jaybhaye whose taxi was hired by the applicant and others and who was done to death on way, seeks his enlargement on bail. After Ramkisan was killed, the applicant and the two others were travelling in the same taxi when it dashed against another car and therefore the applicant and the others had to flee from the taxi. The applicant's driving licence was found in the taxi. One Sambhaji Machhindranath, Mahendra Baburao Sangewar, Samen Anis Hashmi and Noorbhai Ahmed Shaikh have stated that the applicant was one of the persons who had taken the victim's taxi with the victim. The clothes of the applicant have been seized, though possibly not under any memorandum of seizure 2 CA-796.10 under Section 27 of the Evidence Act. The clothes were sent to the forensic science laboratory and the report is inconclusive. Co- accused Sunny Suryawanshi has been admitted to bail, but as rightly pointed out by the learned APP, Sunny's name was not mentioned by the four witnesses who saw the applicant and named him as taking the victim's taxi. The learned counsel for the applicant states that this evidence is slender since the applicant had taken the taxi of the victim in the morning and the death occurred after about 12 hours. He also submits that the victim's wife had stated that she received a telephone call at about 8:15 p.m. from the victim that he was around Katraj whereas the dead body was found at Bhosri. The distances are not too much and if there are any discrepancies, they would definitely be looked into at the trial. Since the applicant had been seen by four persons accompanying the victim in the taxi and the applicant's driving licence was found in the victim's taxi, the applicant is not entitled to bail. The application is, therefore, rejected. 2. The learned trial Judge may expedite the hearing of the case. (R.C. CHAVAN, J.)