1 mpt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 4848 of 2009 Sachin Prakash Chaluche ... Applicant versus The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent ... Mr.V.V. Purwant i/b Prasant Jadhav for the applicant. Mr. A.S. Gadkari APP for the State. CORAM : D.G. KARNIK, J. DATED : 27th January 2010 P.C. 1. By this application, applicant seeks bail in connection with C.R.No.46 of 2009 registered at Sawantwadi Police Station, District. Sindhudurg, for an offence punishable u/s.302, 354, 201 and 34 of the IPC. 2. Though there is no eye witness, circumstantial evidence against the applicant appears to be quite strong. There is an evidence that the deceased and the applicant were seen together just prior to the death. The offence was committed in the room in possession of the applicant as a tenant. Immediately after the incident, the applicant resigned his job and left the room for his native place which is more than 100 kms 2 away. There is a record of two extra judicial confessions made by the applicant. 3. Thus, the material available prima facie connects the applicant to the crime. Taking into consideration the fact that the offence is punishable with death or imprisonment for life and availability of prima facie evidence against the applicant, in my view, he cannot be granted bail. I see no reason to take a view different than the one taken by the Sessions Court in rejecting the bail. Application is therefore rejected. 3. It is clarified that at the stage of trial, the Sessions Court shall not be influenced in any way by the observations made herein made herein as they are only prima facie. (D.G. KARNIK,J.)