( 1 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 3086 OF 2010 Akbar Sayyad Shaikh .. Applicant Versus The State of Maharashtra .. Respondent Mrs. S.S. Jadhav, Advocate for the applicant. Mrs. B.R. Khekale, A.P.P. for the respondent. CORAM : V.R. KINGAONKAR, J. DATED : 25.08.2010 P.C. :- 1. Heard learned counsel. The application is for bail. 2. The charge-sheet is already filed. The applicant himself went to police station and gave report to the effect that he had killed his deceased wife by name “Sabiya”. The applicant himself stated to the police that he had quarrled with the wife and in the feat of anger had assaulted by means of stick and thereafter he strangulated her by means of piece of cloth (Odhni). He handed over key of room in which the ( 2 ) dead body of the wife of was lying. 3. True, the statement of the applicant cannot be treated as a confessional statement and may not be admissible as such as a statement in the form of confession. At the same time, his conduct is relevant. His conduct of going to police station and making such statement is prima facie “res- gestae” which may fall within ambit of Section 8 of the Evidence Act. Secondly, nobody was knowing that the dead body was lying in the house and same was recovered after opening of the room with the key which was handed over by the applicant to the police. These are tale telling circumstances and as such release of the applicant on bail may not be proper. In the result, the application is rejected. The Sessions Court to expeditiously complete the trial of Sessions Case No. 4 of 2010 and to decide the same within a period of eight months as far as possible. [V.R. KINGAONKAR,J.] snk/2010/AUG10/cra3086.10