1 1 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.749 OF 2009 Sambhaji Namdeo Mohokar .. Applicant. Vs. State of Maharashtra .. Respondent. Mr.Abhaykumar Apte for the applicant. Mr.Y.S.Shinde A.P.P. for the State. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. DATED : 6TH APRIL, 2009. DATED : 6TH APRIL, 2009. DATED : 6TH APRIL, 2009. P.C.: . Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The applicant is seeking bail in C.R.No.54 of 2008 of Paud police station, Pune. The said crime has been registered against the applicant for having allegedly committed an offence punishable under sections 302, 120-B, 201, 364, 304, 504, 506, 34 of the IPC. 3. The prosecution case is that the applicant is father of the deceased - Sonali. She was in love with one Ganesh Raut, to whom she later on married on 27.2.2008. The applicant was opposing the said 2 2 2 marriage as it was an inter-caste marriage. It is alleged that on 9.4.2008, the brother of the applicant’s wife, and some other accused persons went to the matrimonial house of Sonali and at the threat of deadly weapons, they carried her away and thereafter they allegedly killed her. Insofar as the present applicant is concerned, the only allegation against him is that at his instance the co-accused committed murder of his daughter - Sonali. This allegation is reflected only in the statement of the co-accused - Mangesh Manik Kanchan. There is no dispute that the present applicant had not actually participated in the incident. There is no recovery at his instance. His wife, who is also co-accused in the instant offence, is released on bail. Having considered overall facts and circumstances of the case and considering that the only evidence against the applicant to connect him with the alleged offence is the statement of co-accused, I am inclined to enlarge him on bail. Hence the following order: . The applicant to be released on bail in the sum of Rs.30,000/- with one or two sureties to make up the said amount subject to condition that the applicant shall not enter within the jurisdiction of Paud police station, except for attending the date/s 3 3 3 in the court. Before being released on bail the applicant shall inform to the investigating agency the address at which he proposes to reside. He shall also report to nearest police station from his residence on every Sundary between 10 am and 11 am till conclusion of his trial. . While passing this order I shall not be understood to have expressed any opinion on merits of the case and the trial Court shall deal with the case uninfluenced by the observations made in this order. (D.B.Bhosale, J.) (D.B.Bhosale, J.) (D.B.Bhosale, J.)