IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION No. 779 of 2010 Manoj @ Pappya Ankush Bhandari Vs. The State of Maharashtra Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court’s orders or directions and Registrar’s orders. Court’s or Judge’s orders Mrs Kranti S.S.Anand, for the Applicant. Mr S.N.Gavade, A.P.P. for the State. CORAM:- A.R. JOSHI, J. DATE :- 29TH JUNE, 2010. P.C.:- 1. Heard rival submissions for some time on this regular bail application preferred by the applicant for his release on bail during pendency of the Sessions Case for the offence punishable under Sections 302, 201, 364, 363 read with Section 34 of I.P.C. There are in all four accused persons involved in the matter. 2. According to the case of the prosecution, the deceased - Sangramsingh, had some love affair with the sister of the co-accused by name Sheetal. Present applicant is cousin brother of said Sheetal. Her brothers were against the said love affair between Sheetal and the deceased. Sheetal was got married with some-one else. However, still the deceased used to visit her place and used to have chit-chat with her. Allegedly, at time he used to give her threats. Allegedly at one occasion he had attempted to commit suicide on account of said Sheetal got married with another person i.e. Shankar Thakur. Said Shankar Thakur, his brother, Sheetal, her mother-in-law and Ashok Patil are cited as prosecution witnesses. As such, according to the prosecution, there are four witnesses who had seen the present applicant and co-accused assaulting the deceased and taking him away on a motor bike. This happened about two days prior to finding of the dead body of the deceased. Dead body was found in naked condition at creek area. 3. Investigation is already over and matter is likely to be taken up for framing charge and recording evidence. Considering the circumstances, and the statements of four witnesses, it would not be in the fitness of situation to grant bail to the present applicant, hence the present application is disposed of with the following order. ORDER: (a) Bail application is rejected. (b) Any observations made in this order shall not be construed as any finding or any expression of opinion on the merit of the case at the time of trial. (A.R.JOSHI,J)