IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.443 OF 2009 Pintya @ Balu Dattatray Sandbhor ...Applicant Vs. The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent --- Shri Subhodh Julyalkar & P. Kakade for Applicant Mrs. M.H. Mhatre, APP for State ---- CORAM: V.M. KANADE J. DATED 24TH FEBRUARY, 2009 P.C. 1. This is an application for bail. 2. The Applicant has been arrested in connection with an offence punishable under section 302 r/w. 34 of the Indian Penal Code. 3. There are 9 eye witnesses, who had seen the Applicant inflicting several blows with the knife to the deceased. 4. Submission of the learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the Applicant that since the role has been played by the Applicant that he had given blows on the head of the deceased, the Applicant be released on bail cannot be accepted. 5. The postmortem notes indicate that there are 16 injuries on the persons of the deceased. Taking into consideration, the manner in which the offence is committed and the material on record showing involvement of the present Applicant, no case is made out for grant of bail. The Applicant, however, is in jail since last 2 and ½ years. Under these circumstances, the hearing of the trial is expedited. If the trial is not over within a reasonable period of time, liberty is granted to the Applicant to apply for bail. 6. Application for bail is rejected and application is disposed of. V.M. KANADE J.