1 Cri-A-164-11.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Mhi CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 164 OF 2011 Shivaji Alphya Pawar ... Applicant/Petitioner (Org. Accused NO.7) Vs. The State of Maharashtra ... Respondents Mr.Daulat G. Khamkar, Advocate, for the applicant. Mrs. G.P.Mulekar, APP, for the respondent - State. CORAM: J.H.BHATIA,J. DATE : 11th February, 2011. P.C. 1. Heard. The applicant seeks to be released on bail in crime No.6 of 2010 registered at Mhada Police Station, Solapur, for the offences punishable under Sections 302, 436, 427 read with Section 149 I.P.C. 2. According to the prosecution, during the night between 14.2.2010 and 15.2.2010, hut of the first informant Suresh Pawar was set on fire and 8 members of his family, who were inside the hut, were burnt alive and died. First informant was not present in the locality as he had been to his brother in another village. On getting information, he lodged F.I.R. wherein he named 9 persons as the culprits. 2 Cri-A-164-11.sxw Present applicant is one of them. Investigation is completed. Charge-sheet is also filed. It appears that there is no eye witness. There is one witness, who claims to have seen one Zumbarbai going away from the spot of the incident immediately after the incident but there is no eye witness to show that the present applicant was one of the culprits. For the same reason, other two accused, namely Jabbar Bhanu Shinde and Batrya Kale have been granted bail by this Court. 3. For the aforesaid reasons, the applicant be released on his executing P.R. of Rs.50,000/- with one or more sureties to make up the amount with condition that he shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence and shall attend the police station on every Sunday between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. till the end of the trial. (J.H.BHATIA,J.)