1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRI.APPLICATION NO. 1271 OF 2009 Chandrashekhar alias Umesh Dnyandeo Satpute .. Applicant Vs State of Maharashtra .. Respondent Mr. Revati P Mohite-Dere, Advocate for the Applicant. Mr.K.V.Saste, APP, for the Respondent. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. DATE : 17/06/2009 PC: 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned APP for the respondent. 2. The applicant is seeking bail in C.R.No.67 of 2007 of Paud Police Station, Pune. The said crime has been registered against the applicant and seven others for having allegedly committed an offence punishable under sections 302, 201, 120(B) of IPC. 3. The prosecution case rests on circumstantial evidence. T 2 4. Ms.Mohite-Dere, learned counsel for the applicant, submits that the applicant is entitled for bail on parity. She submits that all other accused are released on bail. She further submits that there is absolutely no difference between the role attributed and allegedly played by the present applicant and the other accused, who actually participated in commission of murder. There is no dispute that the other accused have already been released on bail. Though Mr Saste, learned APP, could not dispute the statement of Ms Mohite-Dere, learned counsel for the applicant, he submits that the present applicant had a strong motive to kill the deceased. In my opinion, that, by itself, would not be sufficient to contend that the applicant is not entitled for bail on parity. In the circumstances, I am inclined to grant this application for bail on parity. The applicant is directed to be enlarged on bail in the sum of Rs.25,000/- with one or two sureties to make up the said amount, subject to the condition that the applicant shall report to the concerned police station on every alternate Saturday between 6 and 7 pm till conclusion of the trial. While passing this order I shall not be understood to 3 have expressed any opinion on merits of the case and the trial Court shall deal with the case uninfluenced by the observations made in this order. Application is disposed of. (D. B. Bhosale, J.)