1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR. CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1625 OF 2010 (Sanjay Tatoba Borekar .v. State of Maharashtra) Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram appearances, Court's orders or directions Court's or Judge's Orders and Registrar's orders. Shri Asif Rizwy, Advocate for the applicant. Shri M.J. Khan, APP for the respondent/State. CORAM : PRASANNA B. VARALE, J. 22ND NOVEMBER, 2010. Heard. By way of present, the applicant is seeking regular bail for the offence punishable under Sections 307 and 302 of the Indian Penal Code vide Crime No. 04/2010 registered with Police Station, Girad, District Wardha. Learned Counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is falsely involved in the said offence. He further submits that on asking the deceased/wife that she was not taking care of his mother, who was ailing, the deceased, who was hot tempered lady, committed suicide. Learned Counsel further submits that there is no material to connect the applicant with the commission of crime and as such the applicant is entitled to be enlarged on bail. Learned APP has filed the reply. The papers of investigation are placed on record. In the reply, it is stated that the applicant, who was under influence of liquor, raised quarrel with his wife and by pouring kerosene on the person of his wife, set her on fire. The reply further shows that the victim raised hue and cry and the people of the locality rushed to the spot and tried to extinguish the fire by pouring water on the person of the victim. The record further reveals that the statements of the witnesses, namely, Vasanta Bawane, Anusaya Bawane and Usha Danav, who are the residents of the locality, came to be recorded and in these statements, the presence of the applicant and disclosure of the act 2 committed by the applicant are specifically stated. The medical evidence shows that the victim received extensive burns. Learned Counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant also received the burn injuries. In view of the material collected by the investigating agency, there is strong material showing the presence of the applicant and his act of setting the victim on fire. In my opinion, prima facie, this is not a fit case where the applicant can be enlarged on bail. In the result, the application is rejected. JUDGE *rrg.