1 Cri-A-37-11.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Mhi CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 37 OF 2011 Gopi Jalam Begbanshi ... Applicant Vs. The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent Mr.G.M.Savagave,Advocate, for the applicant. Ms. A.T.Javeri, APP, for the respondent - State. CORAM: J.H.BHATIA,J. DATE : 7th February, 2011. P.C. 1. The applicant seeks to be released on bail in Crime No.343/2010 under Section 302 read with Section 34 of I.P.C. registered at Vashi Police Station, Navi-Mumbai. 2. On the basis of an anonymous telephone call on 21.8.2010, police party went to the creek near Juhugaon, Vashi and on search, a dead body of a man was found. The dead body was identified as of one Dinesh Yadav. During investigation, it was revealed that accused Ashok had illicit relations with the wife of Dinesh and on that count Dinesh was murdered by Ashok and his friends. The 2 Cri-A-37-11.sxw present applicant Gopi is said to be one of the culprits. As per the statement of Mehmood Alam on 19.8.2010 i.e. two days before recovery of the dead body, the applicant Gopi had made extra-judicial statement before him that he and his friend Kamlesh had murdered one man. Blood stained clothes were recovered on the basis of the information given by the applicant. The case is based on circumstantial evidence. 3. In view of the material against the present applicant, it will not be in the interest of justice to grant bail. If bail is granted, he may either abscond or may tamper with the prosecution case. Therefore, the application stands rejected. (J.H.BHATIA,J.)