1 BA-1322.11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE  CRIMINAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1322 OF 2011 {For Bail} Sagar Tanaji Patil .... Applicant Vs. The State of Maharashtra .... Respondent S/Shri A.P. Mundargi, Senior Counsel i/b K.S. Patil for the Applicant. Ms M.R. Tidke, APP, for the State. CORAM: R.C. CHAVAN, J. DATED: AUGUST 30, 2011 P.C: The applicant has been charge-sheeted for the murder of a girl with whom he had a long standing affair. The girl used to be carried at his instance to his field and dropped back. On the incidental day, the girl was, however, picked up and taken to a hotel called Panchratna Hotel. From the hotel, the applicant called the same rickshaw driver and then placed the girl in the rickshaw with the instructions to the rickshaw driver to take her to Dr. Jadhav's hospital. He paid the rickshaw driver Rs.2,500/- for treatment and then he himself left. Dr. Jadhav found that the girl 2 BA-1322.11 had suffered poisoning and therefore informed the police. The girl eventually died of poisoning. There were eight abrasions on the forehead of the victim which are alleged to be consistent with the theory that the applicant administered poison to her. The learned counsel for the applicant, however, submits that if the applicant wanted the girl to die, he would not have called the rickshaw driver and caused her to be sent to a hospital for treatment and would not have asked the rickshaw driver to contact her relations. Therefore, according to the learned counsel, the case is consistent with possible suicide of the victim because the applicant might have spurned her. The learned APP, on the other hand, submits that eight abrasions on the forehead would indicate that some force was used to administer poison. Since the subsequent conduct attributed to the applicant in the charge-sheet, which has been filed, would cast a doubt about the intention to commit murder and since the investigation is complete and charge-sheet has been filed, the applicant's being in custody pending the trial may not be necessary. The applicant be released on bail in C.R. No.42 of 2011 of Tasgaon Police Station, District Sangli on his furnishing P.R. Bond in the sum of Rs.50,000/- with one or more 3 BA-1322.11 solvent sureties in the sum aggregating to Rs. 50,000/-. The application accordingly stands disposed of. (R.C. CHAVAN, J.)