1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRI.APPLICATION NO. 1256 OF 2009 Pravin @ Dada Satish Pawar .. Applicant Vs State of Maharashtra .. Respondent Mr. J.D.Mane, Advocate for the Applicant. Mr. K.V.Saste, APP, for the Respondent. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. DATE : 15/06/2009 PC: 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned APP for the respondent. 2. The applicant is seeking bail in C.R.No.100 of 2008 of Kurduwadi Police Station, Solapur. The said crime has been registered against the applicant for having allegedly committed an offence punishable under sections 302, 201,363,364(A), 341,342,120(B), read with 34 of IPC. 3. The present applicant and seven others allegedly hatched a conspiracy to kidnap Hanumant Navnath Aatkar and demand huge amount by way of ransom. Accordingly they kidnapped T 2 him on 25.6.2008 and demanded Rs.ten lacs as extortion amount and killed him after the amount was paid. Insofar as the applicant is concerned, he allegedly received the amount of ransom from Somnath Aatkar. I have perused the statement of Somnath Aatkar. He identified the present applicant in the test identification parade as a person, who collected the extortion amount from him. It appears that his photograph was also taken by another witness when he had gone there to collect the extortion amount. Keeping that in view and considering overall facts and circumstances of the case, in my opinion, this is not a fit case to enlarge the applicant on bail. Hence, the application is rejected. While rejecting the application, I shall not be understood to 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.) 3