IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 3437 OF 2004 Shailendrasingh Prabhakarsingh Rajput ... Applicant versus The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent ... Mr. D.A. thorat holding for Mr. O.P. Dubey, for the Applicant. Mr. A.S. Gadkari, A.P.P., for the Respondent. ... CORAM : A.M.KHANWILKAR,J. 21st September 2004 P.C.: . Heard Counsel for the parties. I see no reason to grant bail to the present Applicant having regard to the overwhelming materials collected by the investigating agency, which are already part of record submitted along with the charge sheet. It is seen that the blood stained axe kept in the dicky of a car has been discovered at the instance of the Applicant. The extra judicial confession of the Applicant is also disclosed in the statement of five witnesses. The Applicant is resident of Madhya Pradesh and if released on bail, is likely to abscond. Moreover, possibility of tampering the prosecution witnesses also cannot be ruled out, having regard to the seriousness of the offence. Hence, application rejected. . At this stage, Counsel for the Applicant prays that the trial may be expedited. That prayer be made before the trial Court, who shall in turn consider the same appropriately. (A.M.KHANWILKAR,J.)