1 BA-510.11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.510 OF 2011 {For Bail} Afzal Mohamed Qureshi .... Applicant Vs. State of Maharashtra .... Respondent S/Shri Sudeep Pasbola i/b Rahul Arote for the Applicant. Ms G.P. Mulekar, APP, for the State. CORAM: R.C. CHAVAN, J. DATED: MAY 02, 2011 P.C: This is an application for bail by one of the several persons who have been charge- sheeted for forming an unlawful assembly and committing murder of Mahadeo in prosecution of common object of that assembly. Even according to the prosecution witnesses, the victim himself had left his home by taking a chopper with him. He was dead drunk. The motor-cycle on which he was riding fell down and thereafter there was a quarrel with the persons who had gathered at the spot. Deceased Mahadeo was not ready to listen to attempts to restrain him and was assaulting even the women who had gathered at the spot. He had taken out the chopper which he had carried under the seat of the motor- 2 BA-510.11 cycle and started running at people to assault them. Some persons had been injured in the assault. The applicant is alleged to have hit the victim with a knife on the victim's chest. The victim died on the same day as a result of the injuries sustained. The applicant was arrested in October, 2010 and is in custody since then. Considering the genesis of the incident and the fact that the investigation is complete and the charge-sheet has been filed, the applicant's being in custody for the purpose of trial may not be necessary. The applicant be, therefore, released on bail in C.R. No.98 of 2010 of Ulhasnagar Police Station, District Thane on his furnishing P.R. Bond in the sum of Rs.50,000/- with one or more solvent sureties in the sum aggregating to Rs.50,000/- on the condition that the applicant shall attend the police station concerned on every Sunday in between 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. for the next three months and thereafter on the first Sunday of every month till the trial is over. The application accordingly stands disposed of. (R.C. CHAVAN, J.)