1 abs FARAD CONTINUATION IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 5001 OF 2009 1. Rama Shetti Bandhpatte 2. Sitaram @ Billa Chandrakant Chawan .. Applicants V/s The State of Maharashtra .. Respondent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Court's or Judge's Orders Coram, appearances, Court's Orders or directions and Registrar's Orders Mr. Jaydeep D. Mane for the applicant. Mr. S.A. Shaikh, A.P.P. for the State. CORAM : D.G. KARNIK, J. DATE : 9TH FEBRUARY 2010 P.C. : 1. Heard. 2. By this application, the applicants seek bail in connection with C.R. No. 93 of 2009 registered at Pandharpur Town Police Station, District Solapur, for an alleged offence punishable under section 302 read with 34 of 2 the I.P.C. 3. The prosecution case is that in the late evening/night between 8th and 9th May 2009, Shrikant Hanmane (hereinafter referred to as “the deceased”) was murdered and his body was found in the morning of 9th May 2009 lying in the Lingayat burial place. On investigation, the present applicants were found to have committed the crime. 4. The deceased and the applicants were last seen together in the evening of 8th May 2009. At the instance of the applicants, clothes worn by them at the time of the crime were discovered in a discovery under section 27 of the Evidence Act. The clothes were sent for chemical analysis and the C.A. report shows presence of human blood. Thus, there is a prima facie material connecting the applicants to the crime. 3 5. The offence is punishable with death or imprisonment for life. There is a prima facie material connecting the applicants to the crime. The application for bail is therefore rejected. (D.G. KARNIK, J.)