1 9-193-11.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY srj CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION NO.193 OF 2011 Mr. Ganesh Balasaheb Satav .. Applicant Vs. The State of Maharashtra .. Respondent. Mr. K.S.Patil i/b. Mr. Prashant Patil, for the Applicant. Smt. G.P. Mulekar, A.P.P. for the Respondent-State. CORAM : J.H.BHATIA, J. DATE : 25th FEBRUARY, 2011. P.C.: 1 Heard. 2 Applicant seeks to be released on bail in crime no.190 of 2010 registered with Lonikand Police Station, Pune for the offences punishable under section 307 r/w section 34 of I.P.C. 2 9-193-11.sxw 3 Prosecution case in brief is that injured Sandeep Kailas Hargude was in love with sister of accused no.1 Rajendra A. Satav and they had also married in spite of resistance by her brother and other relatives. Because of this, on 29th October, 2010, at about 3.20 p.m. when Sandeep was proceeding on his motorcycle from Wagholi to Perne, District Pune, one Maruti WagonR Car came from his behind and gave dash to the motorcycle, due to which Sandeep fell down on the ground. Rajendra Satav came down from the Maruti car with unknown persons and fired three gun shots from his revolver on Sandeep. Out of which, two bullets hit on his chest. After the incident, Sandeep contacted his maternal uncle Vasant W. Jadhav and informed him about the incident. After that, he also contacted his brother Dinesh, who took him to the hospital. F.I.R. was lodged by Vasant immediately. For the first time on 8th October, 2010, the statement of Sandeep was recorded, wherein he stated that present Applicant – Ganesh Satav was driving the car. There is no evidence to shows that Sandeep was unconscious or was unable to give statement during the first 10 days after the incident. Name of the Applicant Ganesh Satav as driver of the car was not disclosed in the F.I.R. as any other witness before 8th October, 2010. 3 9-193-11.sxw 4 Therefore, the applicant be released on his executing P.R. bond of Rs.25,000/- with a surety in the like amount with condition that he shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence and shall attend the concerned police station on 1st day of every month till completion of the trial. (J.H.BHATIA, J.)