1 rma IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 483 OF 2009 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL (ST) NO. 437 OF 2009 Sitaram Shankar Hulgunde .. Applicant Vs State of Maharashtra .. Respondent H.E. Palwe for the applicant Mr. V.B. Konde-Deshmukh, APP for the Respondent - State CORAM : SMT. RANJANA DESAI & SMT. V.K. TAHILRAMANI, JJ DATE : 22nd MARCH, 2010 P.C.: 1. The applicant was charged with the offences punishable under sections 302, 498-A, 504, 506 read with section 34 of IPC and convicted under section 302 of IPC to life imprisonment. His appeal has been admitted. This is his bail application. 2. We have heard at some length learned counsel for the applicant. It is not possible for us to grant bail to the applicant. Deceased is the wife of the applicant. Deceased had sustained 96% burn injuries in the residential house of the applicant. There are 11.appa483-09 2 two dying declarations of the deceased in which she had implicated the applicant. The deceased had also made a dying declaration to PW5, a neighbour of the applicant. In view of this evidence, it is not possible to grant bail to the applicant. 3. Application is rejected. [SMT. RANJANA DESAI, J.] [SMT. V.K. TAHILRAMANI, J.] 11.appa483-09