appln-1642-10 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION No. 1642 of 2010 Sandip Govind Savare .. Applicant. versus The State of Maharashtra .. Respondent. Mr V.V. Purvant, Advocate, for the Applicant. Mr Y. M. Nakhawa, A.P.P.,for the State. CORAM:- A.R. JOSHI, J. DATE :- 16TH AUGUST, 2010. P.C.:- 1. At this stage, after hearing for some time on this bail application preferred by the applicant, it is ascertained that almost all the witnesses are already examined, during the trial before the Sessions Court, and only three witnesses are remaining. 2. The allegations against the applicant are that he accompanied the main accused in the vehicle and prior to that the other witnesses were asked to get down from the said vehicle at appln-1642-10 Shilphata, District Thane. After three hours present applicant and the main accused came to the same spot in the same vehicle and again the witnesses and the friends were allowed in the vehicle. That time, according to the witnesses present applicant and the main accused were in frightened condition and main accused had some blood stains on his hand and he wiped his hands with some cloth in the vehicle. This happened on the night of 1.5.2009. Offence alleged against the applicant is punishable under Section 302 read with Section 109 of I.P.C. etc. Apparently, present applicant was arrested on 7.5.2009 and on 9.5.2009 at his instance his clothes were recovered which were having blood stains. 3. Considering the above prima facie material against the applicant and considering that the matter is at the fag end of the trial, it is not in the fitness of situation to release the present applicant on bail. In the result, the following order:- ORDER: (a) Bail application is rejected. (b) Any observations made in this order shall not be construed as any finding or any expression of opinion on the merits of the case at the time of trial. appln-1642-10 Application is disposed of in above terms. (A.R.JOSHI,J)