mss IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 181 OF 2010 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 856 OF 2009 ARVIND ASHOK SONAR .. APPLICANT Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA .. RESPONDENT Mr. Manoj A. Patil for the applicant Mr. S. S. Pednekar, APP CORAM: SMT. RANJANA DESAI & SMT. V. K. TAHILRAMANI, JJ. DATED: 1/4/2010 P.C. The applicant is convicted for offence punishable under Section 307 of the IPC and sentenced to suffer life imprisonment. In this application he has prayed for bail. 2. We have heard learned counsel for the applicant at some length. We have also heard learned APP. 3. The allegation against the applicant is that he was harassing one Sujata PW 1. He used to send her love letters and attempt to contact her on her residential phone. Sujata had also filed complaint against the applicant in the police station about the harassment. It may be stated here that the applicant is a married man having children. According to the prosecution on 21/11/07 at about 7-30 p.m. Sujata went to the chemist shop to purchase medicines. She came back home. When she was climbing the staircase of her building to reach her flat, the accused came from upper side of the staircase. He was holding a bottle in his hand. He told her that though he loved her she was not ready to marry him and threatened to kill her. Thereafter he removed the cap of the bottle and poured acid on the face of Sujata and ran upstairs. Sujata sustained injuries. She was then admitted in City Hospital, Kolhapur. Upon her complaint, the offence in question came to be registered. The prosecution has led evidence of PW 1 Sujata. 4. In our prima facie opinion, evidence of PW 1 Sujata inspires confidence. Besides there is evidence of PW 6 Chandrajit, who has stated that the accused had purchased acid from his shop. PW 7 Dhairyashil is a child witness. He is eye-witness to the incident in question. Medical evidence also supports the fact that Sujata had received injuries on her face. There were patches of burns on her face, scalp and neck. PW 10 Dr. Archana Pawar from City Hospital, who is a plastic surgeon was required to give treatment to PW 1 Sujata. 5. In the circumstances, in our prima facie opinion, the prosecution has proved its case beyond reasonable doubt. Bail cannot be granted to the applicant. Application is rejected. (SMT. RANJANA DESAI, J.) (SMT. V. K. TAHILRAMANI, J.)