1 Cri-A-5667-10.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Mhi CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 5667 OF 2010 Shri Suresh Vasant Bodke ... Applicant Vs. The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent Mr. K.S.Patil, i/b. Prashant Patil,Advocate, for the applicant. Mrs. G.P.Mulekar, APP, for the respondent - State. CORAM: J.H.BHATIA,J. DATE : 21st January, 2011. P.C. 1. Heard. 2. The applicant seeks to be released in Crime No.549/2009 registered at Haveli Police Station, District Pune, for the offences punishable under Sections 302, 307, 341, 504, 506, 143, 145, 147, 148, 504 & 506 read with Sec. 149 of IPC. 3. Prosecution case, in brief is that the present applicant, his father, and brothers assaulted Ramdas, brother of the first informant Laxman, with swords and axes and committed murder. They also assaulted the father and mother of the first informant. Post-mortem report of Ramdas reveals that in all 19 injuries were found on the body. Five of them were on the head, ear, etc, etc. There were also several injuries on the different parts of the body. Muliple fractures of skull bone 2 Cri-A-5667-10.sxw were found causing damage to the brain. Autopsy surgeon opined that death was caused due to head injury. As per the FIR, Sudam Vasant Bodke, Suresh Vasant Bodke, Vilas Vasant Bodke and Kailash Vasant Bode assaulted on the head of Ramdas with swords and caused several injuries. The applicant is Suresh Vasant Bodke, who was specifically mentioned in the FIR as one of the assailants. Taking into consideration the brutal murder of Ramdas and injuries suffered by other witnesses, it will not be in the interest of justice to grant bail. If bail is granted, there is every possibility that the applicant may either abscond or attempt to tamper with the prosecution evidence. 4. Therefore, the application stands rejected. (J.H.BHATIA,J.)