jpc ba949-11.sxw 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION NO.949 OF 2011 Mahesh Dattaram Dandkar ... Applicant Versus The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent Mr. K.S. Patil for the applicant Mrs. G. P. Mulekar, APP for the State CORAM:- A.M. THIPSAY, J. DATED :- 26th July, 2011. P.C. : 1. Heard Mr. Patil, the learned advocate for the applicant and Mrs. Mulekar, the learned APP for the State. 2. On 26th September, 2010, Smt. Daya, wife of the applicant, caught fire. She was taken to Hospital. She had sustained 35 to 40% burn injuries. On 2nd October, 2010, she succumbed to the injuries. Her statement was recorded by the Police on 29th September, 2010, when she stated that her husband i.e. the applicant, her father-in-law and brother-in-law had quarreled with her and that her husband and brother -in- law had put kerosene in Coconut shell and poured the same on her person and set her on fire. 3. On 1/10/2010, another statement of the said Smt. Daya was recorded by the Naib Tahsildar, in which she mentioned that she was set jpc ba949-11.sxw 2 on fire by her husband i.e. the applicant, mother- in-law and father-in- law. 4. Except the dying declarations, there is no other material against the applicant. It appears that the applicant attempted to extinguish the fire and took her to the Hospital with the help of neighbours. 5. The applicant is in custody since 29th September, 2010. Trial has not bet commenced. The other accused have been released on bail. 6. Considering all the relevant aspects of the matter, I am inclined to release the applicant on bail. 7. The application is allowed. 8. The applicant is ordered to be released on bail in the sum of Rs. 50,000/- (Rupees fifty thousand only), with one surety in like amount. (A.M. THIPSAY, J.)