* 1 * ABA.511.2011 18.7.2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 511 OF 2011 Smt. Narmada Jagan Karote and anr. ...... Applicants V/S. The State of Maharashtra (Wadala, T.T. Police Station, Mumbai) ...... Respondent WITH CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 359 OF 2011 IN ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 511 OF 2011 Smt. Narmada Jagan Karote and anr. ...... Applicants V/S. The State of Maharashtra (Wadala, T.T. Police Station, Mumbai) ...... Respondent AND Khushalrao Barkuji Bharve .... Intervener * * * * * Mr. Ganesh Gole, Advocate for the applicants. Ms. Nasreen Ayubi for the Intervenor in Appln. No. 359 of 2011. Mrs. G.P. Mulekar, APP for the respondent-State. CORAM :- Smt. R.P. SondurBaldota, J. 18th July, 2011. P.C. :- 1. The application filed by the Intervenor is allowed. This application for anticipatory bail is by the mother-in-law and brother- in-law of deceased Renuka in connection with C.R. No.87 of 2011 * 2 * ABA.511.2011 18.7.2011 filed for the offences punishable under Sections 302, 498(A), 406, 306, 506(2) read with Section 34 Indian Penal Code. The other accused in the complaint are the husband of the deceased, two sisters-in-law and their respective husbands. One of the sister-in-law i.e. Savita and her husband were arrested in the complaint and have been released on bail. The other sister-in-law i.e. Kavita and her husband have been granted anticipatory bail since the FIR does not assign any role whatsoever to them. 2. The complainant-father of the deceased Renuka alleges that the applicants, the husband of the deceased, sister-in-law Sarika and husband had been demanding that Renuka gets a sum of Rs. 5,00,000/- from her parents for purchasing a house. The complaint alleges that about 6 months prior to the incident of death of Renuka, she was subjected to burns on both her hands with the use of an hot iron bar. She had shown the burn marks to her parents. About 4 days prior to the incident of death, the applicants and other accused persons are alleged to have tried to pour kerosene on the person of Renuka and also assaulted her. Finally on 16th April, 2011 Renuka was found hanging in her house. Perused the * 3 * ABA.511.2011 18.7.2011 complaint stating the details of the incident. The learned APP states that the post-mortem reports do show the burn marks on the hands of Renuka. Considering the gravity of the offence, the application for anticipatory bail is rejected. [SMT. R.P. SONDURBALDOTA, J]