..(1).. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.259 OF 2008 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.219 OF 2008 1. Mangesh Sadanand Kothekar, & 2. Anand Prabhakar Mhatre. ..Applicants. [Orig.Accused-4 & 5] Versus Versus Versus The State of Maharashtra and Anr. ..Respondents. .... Mr.K.S.Patil, Adv. for the Applicants. 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 : 25th April, 2008. DATED : 25th April, 2008. DATED : 25th April, 2008. P.C.: 1. Heard the learned Counsel for the Applicants-orig.accused Nos.4 & 5 and the learned APP for the State. 2. The applicants-orig.accused Nos.4 & 5 have been convicted under Section 307 of IPC. The applicants are now seeking bail. 3. The injured witness PW-5 Samir has stated that both the applicants along with some other accused assaulted him with sword on his forehead, neck and other parts of the body. Due to the said ..(2).. assault, Samir sustained 16 injuries on his person. Many of the injuries were grievous in nature. Looking to the evidence of PW-5 Samir and the medical evidence, I am not inclined to grant bail to the applicants. Application for bail is rejected. . However, in case the Appeal is not heard by 31st January, 2009, liberty to the applicants to prefer a fresh application for bail. (SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.) (SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.) (SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.)