Heard Mr. J.B. Kasat, learned counsel for the applicant and Mr. A.S. Sonare, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondent-State. I have also heard Mr. P.S. Khubalkar, learned Advocate for the complainant/intervenor.

2. Admit. Heard finally by consent.

3. The applicant along with four other accused has been charge-sheeted for offence punishable u/ss. 306, 420, 468 and 471 r/ws. 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

4. The applicant is admittedly a Petition Writer (popularly known as "attorney" in villages) and is working at Achalpur. The name of the deceased was Suresh Bondre. It is the case of the prosecution that Suresh Bondre had an agricultural land which the accused no.1 Pramod got sold in the name of his wife Vandana for a much lesser price than the market value of the land. Deceased Suresh Bondre, therefore, felt cheated by Pramod, who was the erstwhile partner of the deceased. Suresh Bondre, therefore, committed suicide and left a suicide note. In the said suicide note, he had made certain allegations against the accused no.1-Pramod which indicate that he felt cheated by Pramod. The land, in fact, was not a barren land but it was a fertile land. It is stated in th