..(1).. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.2426 OF 2008 Shri.Sachin Sitaram Phanade. ..Applicant. Versus Versus Versus The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent. .... Ms.R. S. Pendkalkar, Adv. for applicant. Mr.V.B.Konde-Deshmukh, APP, for the State. .... CORAM : SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J. CORAM : SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J. CORAM : SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J. DATED : 12th August, 2008. DATED : 12th August, 2008. DATED : 12th August, 2008. P.C.: 1. Heard the learned Advocate for the Applicant and the learned APP for the State. 2. The applicant is seeking bail in C.R.No.22 of 2007 of Tokawade police station, Thane. The said case is under Section 302 of IPC. 3. It is the prosecution case that the applicant along with others committed murder of Bhausaheb Jadhav. The learned APP has stated that Ravindra Dandage has stated that the applicant along with other accused assaulted the deceased with sickle. ..(2).. 4. The incident took place on 12th May, 2007. Statement of Ravindra Dandage has been recorded for the first time on 22nd May, 2007. In the statement, Ravindra Dandage has not stated about the assault on the deceased by the applicant or any other person. Thereafter in his statement recorded on 1st June, 2007 Ravindra Dandage has stated that the applicant along with other accused assaulted Bhau Jadhav and caused his death. Though the incident has occurred on 12th May, 2007, for the first time Ravindra Dandage has implicated the applicant in his statement dated 1st June, 2007. Besides the statement of Ravindra Dandage, there is no other material on record which connects the applicant with the crime. Looking to the fact that Ravindra Dandage has implicated the applicant at a belated stage, I find much merit in the submission that Ravindra Dandage has falsely implicated the applicant as an afterthought. Hence, I am inclined to grant bail to the applicant. 5. The applicant - Shri.Sachin Sitaram Phanade to be released on bail in the sum of Rs.30,000/- ..(3).. with one or two sureties to make up the said amount. The said sureties shall be local sureties. The applicant shall report to Tokawade Police Station once in a week , till conclusion of the trial. 6. Criminal Application is disposed of accordingly. (SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.) (SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.) (SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.)