[1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 222 OF 2007 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 222 OF 2007 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 222 OF 2007 Shri Sanjay Ravi @ Kokadya Bhosale ..Applicant V/s The State of Maharashtra ..Respondent. Mr. D.H. Kumthekar, Advocate for the applicant. Mr. Y.S. Shinde, APP for the State. CORAM : J.H. BHATIA, J. CORAM : J.H. BHATIA, J. CORAM : J.H. BHATIA, J. DATE : 21ST FEBRUARY, 2007. DATE : 21ST FEBRUARY, 2007. DATE : 21ST FEBRUARY, 2007. P.C. . Heard Mr. Kumthekar, learned Counsel for the applicant and Mr. Shinde, learned APP for the State. 2. The applicant seeks to be released on bail in Crime No.437/2005 registered at Bund Garden Police Station for the offences punishable under Sections 302, 323, 143, 147 of Indian Penal Code. The applicant is in custody since 8th September, 2005. 3. The prosecution case is that on 6/9/2005 husband of deceased Hemangi namely Pandurang, brother in-law Sanjay and some other persons were gambling and in a game both of them lost money. Hemangi enquired from her husband and brother-in-law. This resulted in some [2] quarrel. During the quarrel Pandurang, Sanjay and three others allegedly beat Hemangi with fist, kick blows and sticks. The incident occurred in the morning. In the evening, she told this fact to first informant Hiru. On next day, she was taken to the hospital but on the way to the hospital she died. As per post mortem report there were contusions on her legs. There was some haematoma in the head and Autopsy Surgeon opined that death was due to shock as a result of blunt injuries to the head and abdomen. The present applicant Sanjay is brother in-law of the deceased. The learned Counsel for the applicant makes a statement that all other accused are already granted bail and the only present applicant is in custody. It is difficult to distinguish the case of the present applicant from the other accused. Therefore, he also may be granted bail. 4. The applicant be released on executing P.R. of Rs. 15,000/- with surety in like amount with conditions that he shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence and shall not misuse the bail. (J.H. BHATIA, J.) (J.H. BHATIA, J.) (J.H. BHATIA, J.) [3]