1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR Criminal Application No. 1520 of 2010 Sou. Ashabai Rammurthy Mendhe ..VERSUS.. State of Maharashtra,t hrough P.S.O., P.S., AKot, Dist. Akola. Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, Appearances, Courts orders or directions Court’s or Judge’s orders and Registrar’s orders. Mr. M.P.Kariya, Advocate for the applicant. Mr. M.J.Khan, A.P.P. for Respondent-State CORAM : Prasanna B. Varale, J. DATED : 11 th Octo ber , 2010 . Heard. This is an application filed by the applicant for grant of regular bail in Crime No. 72/2010 registered at Police Station, Akot, Dist. Akola, for the offences punishable under Section 302, 201 r/w Section 34 of Indian Penal Code. Learned Advocate for the applicant submits that the applicant is a lady, the allegations levelled against the applicant are false and baseless and there is no material on record to connect the applicant with the crime in question. Learned APP has filed reply and opposed the application stating that there is sufficient material against the applicant. He has also produced the record before the Court for perusal. I have gone through the record. There are the statements of witnesses namely Rajkukmar Mendhe and Gopal Mendhe, recorded by the investigating agency, who have stated that they had seen the applicant along with her son coming out of the house at about 3.00 p.m. on the date of incident and at that time fire was seen by these 2 witnesses. The applicant along with her son hurriedly left the house by closing the door. There are the statements of other witnesses also, who have stated that the applicant had disclosed her animus against the deceased Sarika @ Bali. This shows that there is sufficient material on record to connect the applicant with the said crime. It is not in dispute that at this stage in depth assessment of the material is not expected. Hence, in my opinion, even though the applicant is a lady, there is positive material to show her prima facie involvement in the crime. In the result, the application is rejected and disposed of as such. JUDGE Diwale