1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 3240 OF 2011 Rajendra s/o Raghunath Pardeshi Applicant V E R S U S The State of Maharashtra Respondent Shri . S.G.Ladda, Advocate for the applicant Shri . B.V.Wagh, APP for the respondent / State CORAM : R.Y. GANOO, J. DATED : 22nd November, 2011 PER COURT : 1. Heard learned Advocates of both sides. 2. The applicant has applied for bail as he has been arrested in C.R.No. I-43/11 registered at Bhadgaon Police Station, Dist. Jalgaon. According to the prosecution and as stated by the complainant Ravindra, dead body of Ravindra Jibhau was found in a nala at about 12 noon of 27.3.2011. After the investigation, chargesheet has been filed. According to the learned Advocate for the applicant entire case rests on a circumstantial evidence and there is no material whatsoever, against the applicant. 3. As against this, it is the stand of the prosecution that two persons by name Kailas and Konkanwada have stated in their statements that deceased Ravindra was found in the company of the present applicant in a liquor shop in the evening of 26.3.2011. Apart from this, no other witnesses expressed presence of the present applicant in the company of the deceased. In my view, the words of these two witnesses may not bring the present applicant close to the death of the deceased. There is no other material to show that after the deceased left the 2 liquor shop, the present applicant was connected with him. 4. Sakharam Gopal Amrutkar has rendered a statement who claims to have sold to co accused Shankar Supadu a rope and the said rope is recovered from Shankar only and this rope was used to strangulate the deceased. This material, in my view, does not bring the present applicant close to the facts. In any circumstance, there is no material against the applicant. Hence the following order. ORDER 1. The application for regular bail is granted. 2. The applicant be released on bail in connection with Cr.No. I 43-11 of Bhadgaon Police Station, Dist. Jalgaon in the sum of Rs.15,000/- (Rupees fifteen thousand only) with one surety in the like amount. The applicant shall furnish P.R. Bond of Rs.15,000/- (Rupees Fifteen Thousand). 3. The applicant shall attend the concerned police station on every 2nd and 4th Saturday between 2.00 to 4.00 p.m. till recording of the evidence of material witnesses is over. ( R.Y. GANOO, J. ) vsm/criappln3240.11