IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.90 OF 2009 Pravin Suresh Thombare ...Applicant Vs. The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent --- Shri Ganesh Karmalkar for Applicant Shri Rajesh More, APP for State ---- CORAM: V.M. KANADE J. DATED 3RD FEBRUARY, 2009 P.C. 1. Heard the learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the Applicant and the learned APP for the State. 2. The Applicant has been arrested in connection with an offence punishable under sections 364, 302, 201 r/w. 34 of the Indian Penal Code vide C.R. No.95 of 2008 registered at Natepute Police Station. A dead body of a person was found in the left canal of the Mira Irrigation Project, which was in the jurisdiction of Wadgaon Nimbalkar Police Station in Baramati Taluka, Dist. Pune. The only material which is on record against the present Applicant is that the Applicant and deceased were last seen together. The dead body of the deceased was found on 30.11.2008. 3. That being the position, more than two months have passed, however, no other material has been found by the prosecution against the the Applicant. 4. The learned APP for the State submitted that the investigation has been transferred to Local Crime Branch, Solapur. 5. Under these circumstances, the Applicant deserves to be released on bail. 6. The Applicant be released on bail in a sum of Rs.5,000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. The Applicant shall report to the concerned police station once in a week for a period of six months and, thereafter, once in a month. 7. Liberty is granted to the prosecution to apply for cancellation of bail in the event, if the Applicant is found in any other offence, which is registered against him. 8. Application is disposed of. V.M. KANADE J.