(-1-) MGN IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, CRIMINAL JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.645 OF 2008 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.790 OF 2007 Bhushan Narayan Tandel...Applicant Versus The State of Maharashtra....Respondent Shri Shyamkumar V. Marwadi, for the Applicant. Mr. V.R. Bhosale, APP for the State. CORAM: F.I. CORAM: F.I. CORAM: F.I. REBELLO REBELLO REBELLO & K.U.CHANDIWAL, JJ. K.U.CHANDIWAL, JJ. K.U.CHANDIWAL, JJ. DATED: 30TH JUNE 2008 DATED: 30TH JUNE 2008 DATED: 30TH JUNE 2008 P.C.: P.C.: P.C.: . The Applicant, Accused No.1 along with Accused No.2 has been convicted for the offence punishable under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the I.P.C. Though there are no eye witnesses there is circumstantial evidence. The body had as much as 24 injuries. The knife which was used to inflict the injuries was recovered at the instance of the Applicant. The case of the Applicant is that there were injuries also on his body. This could have only been if he was resisting the attack. The learned Judge has found from the evidence on record that no such disclosure was made by the present appellant to the Doctor. On the contrary from the evidence of the Doctor, P.W. 11 it has come on record when he was asked about the injury he explained as under:- (-2-) "I had inquired the accused about the history of assault and he has stated about assault by friend." 2. In our opinion considering the fact that there are as much as 24 injuries on the dead body, the recovery of the knife and the presence of the accused being established on the scene of the offence no case made out to grant bail at this stage. Hence application for bail rejected. (K.U.CHANDIWAL, J.) (K.U.CHANDIWAL, J.) (K.U.CHANDIWAL, J.) (F.I.REBELLO, J.) (F.I.REBELLO, J.) (F.I.REBELLO, J.)