1 CA-3556.09 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE  CRIMINAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.3556 OF 2009 The State of Maharashtra .... Applicant Vs. Dhanaji Bhikaji Hajare & Ors. .... Respondents Ms P.H. Kantharia, APP, for the Applicant. CORAM: R.C. CHAVAN, J. DATED: JANUARY 07, 2011 P.C: This is an application for leave to file appeal against the judgment of acquittal rendered by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Kolhapur on conclusion of Sessions Case No.126 of 2007. The respondents were tried for their alleged involvement in the offences punishable under Sections 498-A and 306 of the IPC. The respondent-Dhanaji was married to one Chhaya, daughter of PW-1 Biru in May, 2005. It is the prosecution's case that for the first three-four months she was treated well and thereafter demand of Rs.10,000/-, a ganthan and a gold chain was made and on that count there was harassment and ill-treatment. PW-1 Biru 2 CA-3556.09 admits in the cross-examination that his daughter Chhaya thereafter conceived and was treated properly during her pregnancy. As per custom, she was brought to her father's home for delivery and stayed at the father's home for about five months. Thereafter, she went back to her husband's house. She died on 2-6-2007. PW-1 Biru also stated that his daughter was brought up in love and therefore she never cooked any food at his house but when she went to stay at the place of her in-laws, her mother-in-law taught her how to cook food. He also admits that the first wife of his daughter's brother-in-law was annoyed because of better treatment given to his daughter. In view of this, the story about ill-treatment on account of unlawful demands was rightly discarded by the learned trial Judge. The view taken by the learned trial Judge is perfectly tenable. Leave to file appeal is refused. The application is dismissed. (R.C. CHAVAN, J.) 3 CA-3556.09