Advocates:
['DESHMUKH RAJENDRA S', 'COPY SERVED ON PP', '', 'ADV V R DHORDE']

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

 BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                              

CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 149 OF 2016

The State of Maharashtra,

Through Gangakhed Police Station,

District Parbhani

..APPLICANT

VERSUS

1.

Ganesh Sadashiv Mundhe

2.

Chandrakant @ Chandu s/o 

Tukaram Margil

3.

Dnyanoba @ Dnyanu s/o 

Prabhakar Mundhe

..RESPONDENTS

Mr S. J. Salgare, A.P.P. for applicant;

Mr R. N. Dhorde, Senior Advocate i/b Mr V. N. 

Shelke and Mr V. R. Dhorde, Advocate for 

respondents

WITH

CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 6948 OF 2015

Kushabai w/o Dashrath Mundhe,

Age: 65 years, Occu: Household,

R/o Village Margalwadi,

Taluka Gangakhed,

District Parbhani

..APPLICANT

VERSUS

1.

The State of Maharashtra

2.

Pandit alias Bandu s/o 

Baliram Gutte

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3.

Suryakant alias Baban s/o 

Madhavrao Gutte

4.

Siddheshwar alias Siddhu s/o

Shyamrao Gutte

5.

Haribhau alias Hari s/o Balaji

Mundhe

6.

Vitthal alias Bandu s/o

Baburao Tandale

..RESPONDENTS

WITH

CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 6366 OF 2015

Kushabai w/o Dashrath Mundhe,

Age: 65 years, Occu: Household,

R/o Village Margalwadi,

Taluka Gangakhed,

District Parbhani

..APPLICANT

VERSUS

1.

The State of Maharashtra

2.

Ganesh s/o Sadashiv Mundhe

3.

Chandrakant alias Chandu

s/o Tukaram Margil

4.

Dnyanoba alias Dnyanu s/o

Prabhakar Mundhe

..RESPONDENTS

Mr R. S. Deshmukh, Advocate for applicant;

Mr S. J. Salgare, A.P.P. for respondent/State;

Mr R. N. Dhorde, Senior Advocate i/b Mr V. N. 

Shelke and Mr V. R. Dhorde, Advocate for respondent

Nos. 2 to 6 in Criminal Application No. 6948/2015 

and for respondent Nos. 2 to 4 in Criminal 

Application No. 6366/2015

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            CORAM :   N.W. SAMBRE, J.

 

             DATE :  3rd August, 2016

ORDER  :

All

 

these

 

applications

 

are

 

for

cancellation   of   bail   in   Crime   No.   215   of   2015

registered with Gangakhed Police Station, District

Parbhani, for the offence punishable under Sections

302, 143, 147, 148, 149, 109, 201 of the Indian

Penal Code.

2.

The prosecution story as appears from the

contents of the first information report is that

one   Ram   @   Balu,   son   of   Dashrath   and   complainant

Kushabai,   contested   the   Grampanchayat   election

against the panel set up by sitting Zilla Parishad

member,   accused   Laxman   Mundhe–   applicant   in

Criminal Application No. 3886 of 2016. Out of the

said   political   enmity,   Ram   was   murdered   in   the

intervening night of 26^th and 27^th July, 2015, which

incident   was   witnessed   by   complainant   Kushabai,

mother of deceased Ram, Bhagwat and Dhanraj, cousin

brothers of deceased Ram.

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3.

Learned

  Additional

 

Sessions

  Judge,

Gangakhed, while dealing with the case of accused

persons, vide order dated 19^th  November, 2015 has

allowed the application and ordered release of the

accused persons on the following conditions.

“1.

The application is hereby allowed.

2.

The applicants be released on their executing

P.R.   bond   of   Rs.   25,000/­   (Rs.   Twenty­five

Thousand)   each   with   solvent   surety   in   the   like

amount.

3.

The applicants shall not enter the limits of

Gangakhed   Taluka   till   further   order,   except   for

attending the Court.

4.

The applicants shall furnish the proof of the

place  where  they would  reside  during  the period

they   are   restrained   from   entering   Gangakhed

Taluka.

5.

The applicants shall not tamper the evidence

by inducement or threat.”

4.

In   the   above   referred   background,   Mr.

Salgare, learned A.P.P. and Mr. Deshmukh, learned

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Counsel for the applicant­complainant, would submit

that the order of grant of bail is not sustainable

on merits, particularly in view of availability of

eye   witnesses   to   the   incident.     Mr.   Deshmukh,

lear