(1) CRI. APLN. 4864.2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 4864 OF 2010 1. Namev S/o Gangadhar Muralkar Aged 24 years, Occu.: Labour 2. Gangadhar S/o Punjaji Muralkar Aged 65 years, Occu.: Labour 3. Kantabai w/o Gangadhar Muralkar Age : 40 years, Occu.: Household All R/o Hayatnagar, Tq.Purna, Dist. Parbhani Applicants VERSUS The State of Maharashtra Through P.S. Vazirabad Nanded, Dist. Nanded Respondent ..... Mr. G.P. Shinde, Advocate for the Applicants. Mr. B.J. Sonawane, A.P.P. for the Respondent/State. ..... CORAM : V.R. KINGAONKAR, J. DATED : 15TH DECEMBER, 2010 ORAL ORDER:- 1. This is an Application for bail. 2. The applicants are husband and his relatives qua deceased Aruna. The marriage between applicant no.1 and deceased Aruna was performed on 17.5.2009. (2) CRI. APLN. 4864.2010 The informant is the widow. The FIR purports to show that after the marriage, deceased Aruna was treated well for about 6 months. Subsequently, the in-laws used to abuse and trouble her. The husband also used to give her physical trouble. They were demanding Rs.10,000/- for purchasing a sewing machine and a L.P.G. connection. The informant is a labour and was unable to comply with the demands. The FIR purports to show that Aruna had visited house of her mother at the relevant time and on 25.2.2010, her husband and the mother-in-law gave ultimatum to her that if she will not bring sewing machine and the amount for purchasing of L.P.G. cylinder, she shall obtain divorce. Therefore, Aruna was weeping when her mother asked her about the impact of the telephonic communication. The mother and brother of Aruna gave word of advice to her, consoled her and went to bed. In the next morning, she hanged herself inside the house of her mother. 3. The fact that the incident of committing suicide took place in the mother's house goes to show that there was no immediate instigation or inducement (3) CRI. APLN. 4864.2010 to deceased Aruna at hands of the applicants. Nobody from the applicants had directed Aruna to commit the suicide. What is alleged in the FIR is that the husband and the mother-in-law repeated the unlawful demand and told that if she was not able to pay the demanded amount and the article i.e. sewing machine, she will be divorced. Thereafter, the mother had consoled her and nothing had happened during the night time. 4. Considering the fact that the chargesheet is filed and mostly there are statements of mother and brother etc. of deceased Aruna and moreover, there are no specific instances regarding the nature of matrimonial cruelty meted out to her, the applicants deserve bail. 5. In the result, the Bail Application is allowed. The applicants are directed to be released on bail on furnishing of bail bonds in sum of Rs.20,000/- (Rs. Twenty Thousand) each with a solvent surety bond each in the like sum, to the satisfaction of the Court of Sessions and on further condition that they shall not make any endeavour to contact any (4) CRI. APLN. 4864.2010 of the prosecution witnesses, about which the undertaking shall be furnished by them while furnishing the bail bonds. Sd/- [V. R. KINGAONKAR, J.] arp