/ 1 / IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1079 OF 2008 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.1023 OF 2008 Laxman Ramrao Takle ...Applicant Vs. The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent --- Shri Vikas Shivarkar for Applicant Shri D.P. Adsule APP for State. ---- CORAM: V.M. KANADE J. DATED 14TH NOVEMBER, 2008 P.C. 1. Heard the learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the Applicant and the learned APP for State. The Applicant is convicted for the offence punishable under section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to suffer R.I. for two years. The Applicant was on bail during the trial. The Trial Court by its judgment has observed that the Complainant was staying in her parents' house on almost all the occasions. The Trial Court has acquitted the Applicant for the offence punishable under sections 307,506 r/w. 34 of the Indian Penal Code. 2. The prosecution case before the Trial Court was that the Applicant had poured kerosene on the complainant and, thereafter, the Complainant had left her home. The Trial Court did not accept the case of the prosecution / 2 / and, therefore, acquitted the Applicant for the offence punishable under sections 307,506 r/w. 34 of the Indian Penal Code. Since the Applicant has already undergone the sentence for 3 months out of the said sentence and since the appeal will not come up for hearing for quite some time and since the Applicant was on bail during the trial, the Applicant be released on bail in a sum of Rs.5,000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. The Applicant has already furnished the surety pursuant to the order of suspension of sentence passed by the Trial Court, same bail order is continued. The Applicant shall furnish fresh bond. V.M. KANADE J.