1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRI.APPLICATION NO. 1721 OF 2009 Mr Chhotu Bahadur Chauhan (Chaudhary) .. Applicant Vs State of Maharashtra .. Respondent Mr. Ajay B Rai, Advocate for the Applicant. Mrs. P.P.Shinde, APP, for the Respondent. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. DATE : 22/06/2009 PC: 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned APP for the respondent. 2. The applicant is seeking bail in C.R.No.I-7 of 2009 of Vasai Police Station, Thane. The said crime has been registered against the applicant and three others for having allegedly committed an offence punishable under sections 302, 201 read with 34 of IPC. 3. This is a case of circumstantial evidence. The applicant and three others allegedly committed murder of Deepu Banarasi Chauhan on 16.1.2009. I have perused the entire material T 2 placed before the court and more particularly the statements of Vikram Pandurang Patil, Ramchandra Babu Patil, Mantu Banarsi Chauhan, and Tuntun Baijanath Chauhan. The statements of these witnesses coupled with recovery of the blood stained clothes of the applicant at his instance, in my opinion, prima facie, show his complicity. Hence, the application is rejected. While passing this order I shall not be understood to have expressed any opinion on merits of the case and the trial Court shall deal with the case uninfluenced by the observations made in this order. Application is disposed of. (D. B. Bhosale, J.)