1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.628 OF 2009 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.613 OF 2009 Upendra Sampat Rai .... Applicant Vs. State of Maharashtra .... Respondent Ms Anjali Patil for the Applicant. Shri D.P. Adsule, APP, for the State. CORAM: BILAL NAZKI & A.R. JOSHI, JJ. DATED: AUGUST 27, 2009 P.C: By this application, the applicant is seeking bail pending the disposal of his criminal appeal in this Court. The applicant has been convicted under Section 302 of the IPC. He is alleged to have killed his wife. One of the star witnesses is the daughter of the deceased and the applicant, who was then aged 9 years. In her evidence, she has given a vivid account of the occurrence. We do not find a case for grant of bail at this stage. 2 The bail application is dismissed. Needless to say, the observations made herein have been made only for the purpose of examining whether a case for grant of bail has been made out or not and the observations shall not be taken as an expression of opinion in the appeal and the appeal shall be decided on its own merit. BILAL NAZKI, J. A.R. JOSHI, J.