1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 24 OF 2009 Harishchandra Krishna Bhoir ..... Applicant. V/s State of Maharashtra ...... Respondent. ------- Mr. N.N. Gavankar with Mr. Arfan Sait for the applicant. Mr. S.S. Pednekar, APP for the State. ------- CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. DATE : 12th January, 2009 P.C.: 1. Heard the learned Counsel for the applicant and the learned APP for the State. 2. Applicant is arrested in connection with the offence punishable under section 302 and other provisions of the Indian Penal Code. It is alleged that the applicant has given two blows on the abdomen and the neck of the deceased, as a result of which, he succumbed to the injuries and died. The case of the applicant is that he had given the said blows in self defence and that the deceased was a real aggressor in the said incident. Charge-sheet has been filed. 3. In my view, at this stage, it is not possible to grant bail to the applicant. However, if the trial is not over within a period of six months, liberty is granted to the applicant to file 2 an application for bail and the same shall be considered on merits. Applicant is in jail since 16/10/2004 and has undergone nearly four years imprisonment. Application, therefore, at this stage is dismissed. However, liberty is granted to the applicant to apply for bail again after six months, if the trial is not over by that time. Hearing of the trial is expedited. (V.M. KANADE, J.)