: 1 : APPA-369-11 Dixit IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.369 OF 2011 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.246 OF 2011 Mohd. Iqbal Amirjan Shaikh ... Applicant V/s. The State of Maharashtra, Thru’ R.C.F. Police Station, Mumbai ... Respondent Mrs. Nasreen S.K. Ayubi for the Applicant. Dr. F.R. Shaikh, APP, for the Respondent-State. CORAM:V.M. KANADE & A.M. THIPSAY, JJ. DATED :22 ND SEPTEMBER, 2011. P.C. : 1. Heard. 2. This is an application for bail. The Applicant is convicted for the offence punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and is sentenced to R.I. for life. It is alleged that the Applicant has poured kerosene on the deceased and set her on fire. In the three dying declarations recorded by the Police, the deceased had specifically named the Applicant as the person who had poured kerosene on her and had set her on fire. 3. In this view of the matter, we do not think that this is a fit case for grant of bail. The application for bail is rejected. 4. However, the hearing of the Criminal Appeal is expedited. (A.M. THIPSAY, J.) (V.M. KANADE, J.)