* 1 * Cri.Appln-3734/2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 3734 OF 2010 Sanjay Rangnath Ghorpade .......... Applicant : V E R S U S : The State of Maharashtra .......... Respondent ********** Mr. V.V. Purwant, Advocate for the applicant. Mrs. P.H. Kantharia, APP for the respondent­State. CORAM : SMT. R.P. SONDURBALDOTA, J. DATED : 31st AUGUST, 2010. P.C. :­ 1. The applicants herein apprehend arrest in C.R. No.182 of 2010 filed with Karmala Police Station, Solapur for the offences punishable under Sections 376, 420, 506 Indian Penal Code at the instance of one Manisha Bhagwat Tombre. The complainant is a married woman and has strained relations with her husband. There have been court proceedings pending between her and her husband for several years, atleast since the year 2002. As per the complaint, she fell in love with the applicant and started residing with him. * 2 * Cri.Appln-3734/2010 The applicant promised to marry her. Both resided together for more than one year during which period they had physical relations with each other. Thereafter, the applicant allegedly refused to marry her on the ground of her caste. The complaint also alleges that the applicant had taken Rs.50,000/­ from her and also pledged her ornaments with one jeweller at Karmala to raise a sum of Rs. 40,000/­ for acquiring residential premises. 2. The learned Counsel for the applicant, submits that the age of the complainant given in the complaint as of 25 years is false because in the proceedings filed against her husband in the year 2002, she has stated her age as 30 years. He has produced zerox of certified copy of the complaint in Criminal Case No.1102 of 2002 filed in the court of Judicial Magistrate First Class, Karmala. If that age is to be taken as the correct age, the complainant today would be of 38 years. The learned APP on taking instructions from the officer of Karmala Police Station, who is present in the court states that the police have so far not made any investigation into the allegation of the complainant about pledge of ornaments with a jeweller at Karmala and raising a sum of Rs.40,000/­. Considering * 3 * Cri.Appln-3734/2010 the facts and circumstances of the case, in my opinion, this is a fit case for grant of anticipatory bail. Hence the application is allowed. 3. In the event of the arrest of the applicant in in C.R. No.182 of 2010 filed with Karmala Police Station, Solapur he be released on furnishing P.R. Bond of Rs.10,000/­ (Rs. Ten Thousand only) with one surety in the like amount. [SMT. R.P. SONDURBALDOTA, J]