..(1).. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.2136 OF 2008 Shri Paras Kamlesh Pandya. ..Applicant. Versus Versus Versus State of Maharashtra ..Respondent. .... Mr.J.S.Padam, Adv. for the applicant. Mr.V.B.Konde-Deshmukh, APP, for State. .... CORAM : SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J. CORAM : SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J. CORAM : SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J. DATED : 14th August,2008. DATED : 14th August,2008. DATED : 14th August,2008. P.C.: 1. Heard the learned Advocate for the Applicant and the learned APP for the State. 2. The applicant is seeking bail in C.R.No.215 of 2004 of AMPC Police Station, Vashi. The said case is mainly under Section 302 of IPC. 3. It is the prosecution case that the applicant along with Shweta went to Rex Plaza Hotel and there he committed murder of Shweta by strangulating her. The statement of the Manager of the hotel shows that the applicant had come along with Shweta to the hotel and he has identified the applicant as having come along ..(2).. Shweta to the hotel at the relevant time. The learned Advocate for the applicant submitted that no TIP has been held and the Manager of the hotel has identified the applicant when the applicant was shown to him at police station. Thus, he submitted that as no TIP has been held the identification by the Manager of the hotel of the applicant in the police station cannot be relied upon. As far as this aspect is concerned, it is seen that the applicant as well as Shweta had visited the hotel many times previously. The Manager has stated that he knew the identity of the applicant and the deceased because both of them had come on many occasions to his hotel prior to the incident. In such case, the applicant was known to the Manager of the hotel and hence holding of TIP was not necessary. In this view of the matter, identification of the applicant by the Manager of the hotel in the police station can be relied upon. 4. Besides the above material, statement of Nisha the sister of the deceased shows that the applicant had telephoned her on her mobile phone and had told her that he has killed Shweta. ..(3).. 5. The learned APP has stated that the trial is started. Looking to the material on record, I am not inclined to grant bail to the applicant, at this stage. Application for bail is rejected. The trial to be concluded by 31st December, 2008. (SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.) (SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.) (SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.)