1 Cri-appl-269-11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.269 OF 2011 Parmeshwar Namdeo Sonkamble APPLICANT VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and others RESPONDENTS Mr.Rahul Awsarmol h/f. Mr.G.P.Shinde, learned counsel for the applicant. Mr.D.V.Tele, learned A.P.P. for respondent State. (CORAM : A.V.POTDAR, J.) DATE : 14/02/2011 PER COURT : 1. The present application is the second round of applicant before this Court, after his earlier application was rejected by this Court i.e. Cri.Appl.No. 3639/2009 vide order dated 16/11/2009. In para no.5 of my order, I have specifically observed that there is prima-facie case against the present applicant, as the present applicant has played an active role in setting the deceased on fire. Thus, there is direct nexus between the role played by the applicant and the death of victim. 2. Today, when the present application came up for hearing, 2 Cri-appl-269-11 learned counsel appearing for the appellant pressed only on one point that since 29/04/2009, the present applicant is in jail and yet the trial is not commenced. There are catena of judgment/orders passed by this Court as well as by the Apex Court that mere long pendancy of trial in which the applicant accused are facing charges of grevious offences, is not a good ground to release them on bail. At the most, the applicant can request the Trial Court to expedite the hearing of the Trial Court, but without doing that exercise, the applicant has filed second application for bail, which sans merit, hence the application stands rejected. (A.V.POTDAR, J.) khs/FEB. 2011/cri-appl-269-11