1 Appln 4783-10 Anand IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.4783 OF 2010 Santosh alias Pinkya Bharat Gavate..Applicant V/s. The State of Maharashtra ..Respondent Mr.Shirish Gupte, Sr.Counsel with Ms Sharmila Kaushik, Advocate, for the Applicant Mrs.R.V.Newton, APP, for the Respondent - State CORAM : R.C.CHAVAN, J. DATE : 19TH NOVEMBER, 2010 P.C. . This is an application for bail by one Santosh alias Pinkya Bharat Gavate, who had participated in murder and assault on one Somnath alias Pappu Padwal. Somnath himself named the applicant in the FIR but did not attribute any role to the applicant. However, there are statements of witnesses Rohit Bhutapalli & Jokim Rajmani who stated that applicant fired at Somnath. Somnath also so stated in the supplementary statement. The 2 Appln 4783-10 question as to why Somnath did not mention in the FIR that the applicant fired at him would have to be answered only after the evidence is received at the trial. At this stage, since there are statements of witnesses who stated that the applicant has fired at Somnath, applicant is not entitled to bail. 2. Criminal Application is rejected. (R.C.CHAVAN, J.)