1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR Criminal Application [ABA] No. 232 of 2011 (Pramila W/o. Uttamrao Wakpanjar Vs. State of Maharashtra) 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. N.R. Rode, APP for the State/non-applicant. CORAM : M. N. GILANI, J. DATE : 8 th JULY, 2011. Heard. This is an application for releasing the applicant on anticipatory bail against whom offence bearing Crime No. 10/2011 is registered with the Police Station Rahimapur, District Amravati for the offence punishable under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code. Applicant has annexed copy of F.I.R. It is in fact a dying declaration of deceased Mamta Tayade. After verifying that the deceased was in a fit mental state to give statement, her statement was recorded. In that she alleged that four persons entered in her house with a kerosene can. She was doused with kerosene oil and was set on fire. The cause of incident is also stated by her. The applicant has been named in the statement. Learned Additional Sessions Judge vide his order dated 19/05/2011 rejected the application after examining pros and cons of the material placed on record and rightly so. Learned counsel for the applicant annexed copies of the statements of two witnesses, who have completely 2 exonerated the accused persons including the present applicant and came out with a different story that son of deceased had set her on fire. All these statements are recorded after two months of the incident. Considering that the name of the applicant is appearing in the dying declaration, no interference is warranted in the order passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge. Application is rejected. JUDGE *Sdw