abs IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 3603 OF 2007 Gulam Nabi Jalil Ahmed Ansari .. Applicant V/s The state of Maharashtra .. Respondent Mr.Sandesh Patil for the applicant. Mr.K.V. Saste, A.P.P. for the State. CORAM : D.G. KARNIK, J. DATE : 17TH JANUARY 2008 P.C. P.C. P.C. : 1. Heard the learned counsel for the applicant and the learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The applicant is charged with an offence punishable under sections 302, 143, 147, 148 and 149 of the Indian Penal Code. The offence charged is a serious offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life. The FIR has been lodged by Firoz Jumman Chaudhary, who is an eye witness. The blood stained clothes were recovered from the applicant. In my view, there is prima facie material available against the applicant - 2 - connecting him to the crime. 3. The learned Sessions Judge by his reasoned order dated 15th October 2007 has rejected the application for bail filed by the applicant. I see no reason to take a different view in the matter. In the circumstances, the application for bail is rejected. (D.G. KARNIK, J.)