1 APPA 581/11 lgc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 581 OF 2011 IN APPEAL NO.621 OF 2008 Krishna @ Ramkrishna Shankar Sontakke : Applicant. versus The State of Maharashtra : Respondent. Mr.S N Bhosale, advocate appointed for the Applicant. Mr. J P Yagnik, APP for the State/Respondent. CORAM : NARESH H PATIL & K U CHANDIWAL, JJ DATE : 13TH JULY 2011 P.C. 1 Heard. 2 Applicant is a life convict. He prays for bail pending hearing and final disposal of appeal which was admitted by this Court on 30.8.2008. 3 Learned counsel for the applicant submits that in a sudden quarrel without premeditation the applicant assaulted deceased, according to prosecution. There was no motive neither any intention on the part of applicant to commit murder of deceased. 2 APPA 581/11 4 Learned APP submits that there is a strong direct evidence that applicant had assaulted deceased and due to said assault, the deceased succumbed to the injuries received by him. 5 We have perused the record. The cause of death is intra cerebral haemorrhage with multiple skull fractures with massive brain damage. There are eye witnesses to the incident. A strong prima facie case is made out by the prosecution against applicant. We are not inclined to release the applicant on bail. The application is rejected. 6 Secretary, Legal Services Authority shall disburse part payment of fees to the appointed advocate. 7 The application is accordingly disposed of. (K U CHANDIWAL, J.) (NARESH H PATIL, J.)