1 ABA 531.11.sxw JPP IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE SIDE JURISDICTION ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 531 OF 2011 Mr. Ranganath Mahipat Ghotekar. ... Applicant. V/s. The State of Maharashtra (Lasalgaon Police Station, Nashik). ... Respondent. Mr. S.M. Sabrad for the Applicant. Mrs. A.A. Mane, APP for the State. CORAM : A.M. THIPSAY, J. DATED : 21st JUNE 2011. P.C. :- Heard. 2. I have gone through the F.I.R., copy of which is annexed to the Anticipatory Bail Application. 3. On 25.5.2011, one Kamini, married daughter of the First Informant - Laxman Murlidhar Karape - committed suicide in the matrimonial house. On 31.5.2011, the said Laxman Karape - First Informant - lodged a report with the Lasalgaon Police Station, alleging that Kamini's husband and the husband's relatives were treating Kamini with cruelty and that they had abetted commission of suicide by the said Kamini. The Applicant is the uncle of the husband of the said Kamini 2 ABA 531.11.sxw and being a relative of the husband, has been implicated in the alleged offences. 4. The marriage between Kamini and her husband had taken place in the year 2000. No suicide note was left by Kamini. As such, what exactly led to her taking the extreme step of putting to an end of her life on 25.2.2011, is not clear. The general allegations that after the marriage, she was being treated with cruelty by her husband and in-laws, cannot, prima-facie, be said to be the cause of the suicide, which has been committed after about 11 years from the marriage. Moreover, the Applicant is said to be not residing in the matrimonial house. 5. Considering the nature of the allegations against the Applicant, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to him. 6. In the event of his arrest in C.R. No.I-30/2011, the Applicant be released on bail in the sum of Rs.20,000/- with one surety in like amount, on the condition to attend the concerned Police Station and make himself available for investigation/interrogation, as and when required by the Investigating Officer. (A.M. THIPSAY,J.)