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.2067 OF 2009 1.Asha Srivastava .. 2.Usha Srivastava .. 3.Pushpa alias Praveen Shaikh .. 4.Shanta Srivasta .. 5.Murtaza Halvadwala .. Applicants. Vs. State of Maharashtra & Anr. .. Respondents. Mr.S.R.Chitnis, Senior Advocate a/w Sonali Shinde for the applicant. Mrs.P.P.Shinde A.P.P. for the State. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. DATED : 4TH MAY, 2009. DATED : 4TH MAY, 2009. DATED : 4TH MAY, 2009. P.C.: . Heard learned senior counsel for the applicant and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The applicants are seeking anticipatory bail in C.R.No.93 of 2009 of Kashmira police station, Dist.Thane. The said crime has been registered against the applicants and one another for having allegedly committed an offence punishable under sections 302, 201, 120-B, 304-B and 498-A r/w 34 of IPC. 2 2 2 3. It is the case of the prosecution that the applicants and one another subjected deceased - Riti to harassment and that accused no.1 - Sanjeev, the husband of the deceased - Riti, pushed her and their son from the bridge on Thane Creek which resulted into the death of Riti and their son - Rishabh. The alleged incident occured on 9.3.2009. Initially, it was registered as an accidental death. Thereafter on 20.4.2009, the brother of the deceased - Riti lodged an FIR. In pursuance thereof the instant offence came to be registered against the applicants and Sanjeev. There are no allegations against the applicants attracting the provisions of section 302 of IPC. Applicant Nos.3 and 4 are sisters of Sanjeev whereas applicant no.5 is husband of applicant no.4. They were staying separately at the relevant time. The allegations against the applicants are general in character. The husband of the deceased has already been arrested and presently he is in judicial custody. Keeping that all in view and considering the nature of allegations against the applicants and also delay in lodging the FIR, I am inclined to grant this application for anticipatory bail. Hence the following order: . In the event of arrest, the applicants be 3 3 3 released on bail in the sum of Rs.5,000/- each with one or two sureties in the like amount subject to the conditions stipulated in sub-section (2) of section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Further, the applicants are directed to report to the concerned police station on every Sunday between 10 am and 11 am for a period of 90 days from today or till filing of the charge sheet, whichever is earlier. . 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. . The application is disposed of. (D.B.Bhosale, J.) (D.B.Bhosale, J.) (D.B.Bhosale, J.)