1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.943 OF 2010 Mr. Sachin Madan Meshram. ..Applicant. Vs. The State of Maharashtra. ..Respondent. Mr. Amol Deshpande for the Applicant. Shri.Y.S.Shinde, APP. For the State. CORAM : R.S. MOHITE, J. DATE : 27th April, 2010 PC : 1 This is an application for grant of regular bail. The applicant is shown as an accused in CR No.271/2009 registered by Chatusrungi Police Station, Pune for the alleged offences punishable under Section 302, 120B, 109 and 34 of the I.P.C. and Section 37(1) of the Bombay Police Act. The deceased is one Uravasi Dhawale. It is the prosecution case that she had matrimonial disputes with her husband who is accused No.1 Arvind Ghadole. It is the case of the prosecution that in an incident which occured on 8.7.2009 three 2 assailants i.e. accused Nos. 7,8 and 9 murdered Urvashi by using sharp edged instruments. The case of the prosecution is that the present applicant was part of conspiracy because there was evidence to show that he had hired the said vehicle which was used for committing the murder of Urvashi at the behest of the accused No.1. Reliance is placed on the statement of one Nitin Meshram who states that the present applicant came to hire a car and the car used for commission of the offence. It is the prosecution case that the said car driven by accused No.6 was taken to the house of accused No.2 Uday Deshpande and along with accused Nos. 7,8 and 9 accused No.6 drove the car to Pune. Deceased Urvashi who was driving a scooter was stopped and stabbed near her maternal house. Taking into account material against the present applicant it seems that he has only helped in hiring a car which was used for the commission of the offence which may not be tantamount to his participation of the conspiracy to kill Urvashi, as the car could have 3 been hired by accused No.2 without having knowledge for the purpose of hire. In the circumstances, I am inclined to grant bail to the applicant. It is therefore, directed that pending his trial in connection with C.R. No. 271/2009 registered by Chatushrungi Police Station, Pune the applicant will be released on bail in the sum of Rs.15,000/- with one surety in the like amount subject to the condition that he will report to the Investigating Officer once in a fortnight on every first and third Monday s between 11-AM and 5- PM till the disposal of the trial and on further condition that he will not tamper with prosecution witnesses and will remain present on all the dates of the trial, unless exempted. Application is disposed off. 2 Parties to act on a copy of this order duly authenticated by the registry of this court. ( R.S. MOHITE, J.)