1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 3303 OF 2009 Rajaram Namdeo Mote ........ Applicant versus The State of Maharashtra ........Respondent. Mr. Jaydeep D. Mane adv. for the Applicant Mr. J.P. Yagnik APP. for the Respondent/State. CORAM: A. P DESHPANDE, J. DATED : 20th August, 2009. P. C.: 1. The applicant is charged with commission of offence punishable under sections 302, 323, 504, 506 of IPC. According to the prosecution the present applicant had illicit relations with one Mainabai and the applicant used to occasionally visit her house. On 22-3-2008 at about 10 p.m. at night the applicant had been to the house of Mainabai. Thereafter quarrel broke out between the applicant and the deceased and on account of the said quarrel the present applicant poured kerosene on the person of Mainabai and set her on fire. She expired on the next day i.e. on 23-3-2008 at about 1.35 p.m. Her dying declaration has been recorded which bears the certificate of the medical officer. According to the dying declaration the applicant is said to have poured kerosene and set 2 her own fire. There is also a statement of the daughter of the deceased who is aged about 9 years recorded, which goes to implicate the present applicant with the crime. According to the learned counsel for the applicant having regard to the inquest panchanama it can be seen that the thumb impression of the deceased could not have been obtained on account of deep burn injuries having been sustained by the deceased. Prima facie the applicant seems to be involved in the crime which is of a serious nature. Having regard to the totality of the facts and circumstances in my view this is not a fit case for releasing the applicant on bail. In the result the application is rejected. (A. P. Deshpande, J.)