IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRI.APPLICATION NO.3427 OF 2008 CRI.APPLICATION NO.3427 OF 2008 CRI.APPLICATION NO.3427 OF 2008 Sharanappa Shantappa Pote, .. Applicant Vs The State of Maharashtra, .. Respondent Mr Sudhir Halli, for the applicat. Mr.Y.S.Shinde, APP for the respondent. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE,J. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE,J. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE,J. DATE : 08/10/2008 DATE : 08/10/2008 DATE : 08/10/2008 PC: PC: PC: 1. Heard Mr. Halli, learned counsel for the applicant and Mr.Shinde, learned APP, for the State. 2. The applicant has prayed for bail in C.R.No. 200 of 2007 of Dehu Road of police station, Dist- Pune. The said crime has been registered against the applicant for having committed an offence punishable under sections 302,143,147, 148, 323, 504, and 452 of IPC. It is on the allegations that the present applicant and four others on 1.8.2007 pulled the deceased out of her house in the presence of her small children and poured kerosene on her person and set her on fire. She sustained serious burn injuries and succumbed to the injuries on 14.8.2007. 3. I perused the statement of the deceased, which was recorded on 2.8.2007 where she had clearly assigned the role of the present applicant. There is a clear prima facie case against the applicant. Hence, the application is rejected. (D.B.BHOSALE, J.) (D.B.BHOSALE, J.) (D.B.BHOSALE, J.)