The Bombay High Court rejected a bail application filed by Yogesh Janale accused of murder. The applicant sought release citing limited role and co-accused bail, but the court declined based on the case of last seen together and evidence of his presence near the crime scene.
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Sherla V.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
BAIL APPLICATION NO.435 OF 2015 a/w APPP/308/2015
Yogesh Janale ... Applicant Vs. The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent And Arun Ganpat Hogale … Intervener
Mr.A.P. Mundargi, Sr.ADvocate i/b Ms.Swapna P. Kode for the Applicant Ms.Veera Shinde, APP, for Respondent – State Mr.Sushil Upadhyay i/b A.M. Saraogi for Intervener in APPP/308/2015
CORAM: MRS.MRIDULA BHATKAR, J.
DATE: JULY 13, 2015
P.C.:
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of an ancestral land and share in the said land. Accused No.1 Vinod Hogale had grievance against the complainant that he had obtained excess share in the said land and, therefore, he alongwith his friends murdered Abhishekh. The applicant/accused was arrested on the same day i.e., on 12.11.2013. Hence, this bail application.
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of the deceased on the same night and met the mother of the deceased, were released on bail by this Court or the Sessions Court. He also submitted that there is no recovery and there is no material insofar as the conspiracy is concerned. In view of this, he submitted that the applicant/accused who is inside since last more than 1½ years, be released on bail.
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alongwith him. The statement discloses that the applicant/accused left him in between near the bridge and vanished. When he was called immediately on the same night by the police, then pursuant to the clues, the police found that the body of Abhishekh was lying under the bridge near Walwan. The role attributed to the applicant/accused by the witnesses is very peculiar.
(MRS.MRIDULA BHATKAR, J.)
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether bail should be granted to the applicant accused prosecuted for murder under section 302 IPC.
Yogesh Janale
The State of Maharashtra
MRIDULA BHATKAR
As recorded by the court registry
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