1 BA 1232-2011 Anand IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION BAIL APPLICATION NO.1232 OF 2011 Rupesh S/o. Janardan Gondhali .Applicant V/s. The State of Maharashtra .Respondent Mr.Deepak C. Natu a/w. Ms Savita S. Ghane i/b.M/s.N.Deepak & Co., Advocate, for the Applicant Mrs.A.A.Mane, APP, for the Respondent - State CORAM : R.C.CHAVAN, J. DATE : 16TH AUGUST, 2011 P.C. . Heard the learned Counsel for the respective parties. This is an application for bail by accused, who has been charge sheeted for his involvement in the murder of one Gurunath Ananta Gondhali on 29th October, 2008. The applicant has been named in the FIR as participant in the assault on the victim. Notes of Post-mortem examination show that there were as many as 16 injuries on the victim which were chop wound or stab wound. A Sword was seized on 10th November, 2008 pursuant to disclosure made by the applicant. 2 BA 1232-2011 The panchanama did not mention that the Sword has blood stains. However, the Sword was sent to forensic science laboratory and the laboratory found that the Sword has stains of human blood, group whereof could not be ascertained as stains were disintegrated. The learned Counsel for the applicant states that the co-accused has been admitted to bail by order of this Court dated 9th July, 2009 in Criminal Application No.2204 of 2009. As righly pointed out by the learned APP, first, in that case, applicant's name was mentioned in the supplementary statement on 10th November, 2008, & not in FIR, as is the case of this applicant. Secondly, the Sword which was seized at the instance of the applicant had stains of blood though disintegrated. In view of this, applicant is not entitled to bail. Bail Application stands rejected. Trial is expedited. (R.C.CHAVAN, J.) 3 BA 1232-2011