IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.180 OF 2009 Gorakh Shankar Patil ...Applicant Vs. The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent --- Shri M.S. Mohite for Applicant Shri S.S. Pednekar,APP for State ---- CORAM: V.M. KANADE J. DATED 21ST JANUARY, 2009 P.C. 1. Heard the learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the Applicant and the learned APP for the State. 2. The Applicant has been arrested in connection with C.R. No. 89 of 2008 for the offence punishable under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. 3. It is alleged that the Applicant had strangulated his wife with a nylone rope and committed her murder and, thereafter, he took her to the hospital. 4. Two different versions were given by the Applicant to the two witnesses about the condition of the deceased. The injuries, which are found on the person of the deceased, which are mentioned in column no.17 of the post-martum notes indicate that prior to her death, the Applicant had assaulted the deceased and, thereafter, she was strangulated. The cause of death is shown as strangulation. The other witnesses have also stated that the Applicant was in a habit of demanding money from the parents of the deceased from time to time. Therefore, this is not a fit case for grant of bail. 5. Application for bail is rejected. The trial is expedited. 6. If the trial is not decided within a reasonable period of time, the Applicant is at liberty to file a fresh application for bail. The Trial Court shall not be influenced by any observation made by this Court while deciding this bail application and it shall not be construed as a finding recorded by this Court. The Trial Court shall decide a case on its own merits, in accordance with law. V.M. KANADE J.