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 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 922 OF 2007 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 922 OF 2007 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 922 OF 2007 IN IN IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1288 OF 2006 CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1288 OF 2006 CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1288 OF 2006 Pandit Nav Mhatre ...Applicant vs. State of Maharashtra ...Respondent Shri A.P. Mundergi, Sr.Counsel i/b. Mr.S.R. Mithare for the Applicant. Mr.Rajesh More, APP for the State. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. DATED : OCTOBER 7, 2008 DATED : OCTOBER 7, 2008 DATED : OCTOBER 7, 2008 P.C. :- P.C. :- P.C. :- 1. Heard Counsel for the applicant and APP for the State. 2. The applicant has been convicted by the trial Court for the offence punishable under Section 326 of the IPC and sentenced to suffer RI for 10 years. 3. Prosecution case is that the applicant gave a blow on the chest of the deceased with a sickle as a result of which the deceased died. The State has preferred an appeal against the sentence imposed by the trial court and the appeal also filed by the State is - 2 - pending. The prosecution has examined three eye witnesses who have corroborated the testimony of the complainant. 4. Taking into consideration the fact that the applicant gave a blow with a sickle on the chest of the deceased which fact has been corroborated by other witnesses, no case is made out for grant of bail. 5. Application for bail is rejected. Hearing of the appeal is expedited. (V.M. KANADE, J.) (V.M. KANADE, J.) (V.M. KANADE, J.)