1 mpt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.5649 of 2009 Gazal Mohd Iqbal Momin ... Applicant versus State of Maharashtra ... Respondent ... Mr.P.M. Pradhan for applicant. Ms.M.H.Mhatre APP for the State. CORAM : D.G. KARNIK, J. DATED : 4th January 2010 P.C. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned APP for the State. 2. By this application, applicant applies for bail. The applicant has been charged u/s.498A and other sections of the Indian Penal Code. The applicant is the mother-in-law of the deceased. The two sisters-in- law of the deceased have been granted bail by this court by two separate orders dated 17th September 2009 and 30th November 2009 passed in Criminal Application No.3806 of 2009 and 4873 of 2009. The role alleged against the applicant is similar to the role alleged against the two sisters-in-law of the deceased who have been granted bail. In fact, the FIR alleges that sisters-in-law had instigated the killing. No 2 such instigation is attributed to the present applicant who is mother in law of the deceased. In the circumstances, by way of a parity, applicant is entitled to bail. Hence, I pass the following order:- O R D E R . Applicant is granted bail on executing a personal bond of Rs. 20,000/- with two sureties of like amount subject to the condition that the applicant shall not tamper with the prosecution witness. (D.G. KARNIK,J.)