1 BA-1080.11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE  CRIMINAL CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION NO.1080 OF 2011 1. Lahu Yashwant Gorivale 2. Santosh Yashwant Gorivale .... Applicants Vs. The State of Maharashtra & Anr. .... Respondents Shri N.G. Bane for the Applicants. Ms P.P. Bhosale, APP, for the State. CORAM: R.C. CHAVAN, J. DATED: AUGUST 23, 2011 P.C: Leave to correct the name of the police station in the prayer clause. 2. This is an application for bail by the husband of the victim and his brother who have been arrested and charge-sheeted for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A and 306 of the IPC. The victim, who was married to applicant No.1 about two months before the incident, committed suicide by jumping into a well. This was preceded by applicant No.1's expressing suspicion about the victim's character. There was a quarrel between the 2 BA-1080.11 husband and wife on that count. Applicant No.2 is supposed to have asked the victim to keep quiet. There are statements of the applicants' parents which state that applicant No.1 had a suspicion about the victim's character. Expressing suspicion about the victim's character would be sufficient enough to provoke the victim to commit suicide. As far as applicant No.2 Santosh is concerned, he does not seem to have indulged in any act which may have led the victim to commit suicide. 3. The learned counsel for the applicants relied on a Judgment of the Supreme Court in S.S. Chheena v. Vijay Kumar Mahajan & Anr., reported in 2010 All MR (Cri.) 3298 (SC) to support his contention that an active act or a direct act which led the deceased to commit suicide is required and that such an act must be such as to leave no option to the victim but to commit suicide. Expression of suspicion about the character of the wife by the husband would have to be considered as an act serious enough to provoke the victim to commit suicide, and in any case, this would be examined by the trial Judge at the trial. In view of this, the application, insofar as it relates to applicant No.2 Santosh is concerned, is allowed. 3 BA-1080.11 Applicant No.2 Santosh be released on bail in C.R. No.86 of 2011 of Kurar Police Station, Malad, Mumbai on his furnishing P.R. Bond in the sum of Rs.25,000/- with one or more solvent sureties in the sum aggregating to Rs.25,000/-. As far as applicant No.1 Lahu is concerned, his application for bail is rejected. (R.C. CHAVAN, J.)