MP 1 BA1677_11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION NO.1677 OF 2011 Amar Ashok Mane ... Applicant Versus The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent Mr. Prasad Kulkarni, Advocate for the Applicant. Mr. Y. M. Nakhwa, APP for the Respondent State. CORAM : J. H. BHATIA, J. DATE : 22ND DECEMBER 2011 P. C. : The applicant seeks to be released on bail in crime No.67 of 2011 registered with Mohol Police Station, Solapur for the offences punishable under Sections 302, 120-B r/w. Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code. 2. Prosecution case, in brief, is that deceased Bajrang Dhavane was the Secretary of Solapur Zilla Madhyamik Shikshak va Sevak Patsanstha Limited at Bale since the year 1999. There were some disputes in the said Society and accused Pandharinath Pawar, Gahininath Goverdhan Dhavan and Prashant Pandurang Savant wanted that either Pandharinath or Gahininath should be made Secretary of the Society but this was not possible unless Bajrang was finished. Therefore, these three persons gave contract to Prakash Shinde, Sonya Metkari and present applicant to kill said Bajrang for which amount of Rs.3,20,000/- was to be paid. As per that contract, Prakash Shinde and Sonya Metkari assaulted and killed the said Bajrang when he was going on a motorcycle. MP 2 BA1677_11 3. The learned Counsel for the applicant Amar Mane points out that Pandharinath, Gahininath and Prashant, who had allegedly conspired and given contract for murder, have been granted bail. According to prosecution also, only two persons namely Prakash Shinde and Sonya Metkari had chased deceased Bajrang and killed him. Present applicant was not present nor he was one of the assailants. There is not an iota of evidence to show that the present applicant was concerned with the said offence except the statement of one Babasaheb Takmoge. His statement shows that police had informed him about the involvement of the present applicant in the said contract. However, what was the source for that information with the police is not disclosed. 4. In view of the above, the applicant be released on his executing P.R. of Rs.15,000/- with surety in like amount. (J. H. BHATIA, J)