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 CRI.APPLICATION NO.1493 OF 2009 CRI.APPLICATION NO.1493 OF 2009 CRI.APPLICATION NO.1493 OF 2009 Shankarrao Ramchandra Naukudkar, Applicant. Vs The State of Maharashtra, ... Respondent. Mr.C.K.Pendse, for the applicant. Mrs.S.D.Shinde, APP, for the respondent. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE,J. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE,J. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE,J. DATE : 13/04/2009 DATE : 13/04/2009 DATE : 13/04/2009 PC: PC: PC: 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned APP for the respondent. 2. The applicant is seeking anticipatory bail in C.R.No.I-34/2009 of Vasai police station. The said crime has been registered against the applicant for having allegedly committed an offence punishable under sections 498A and 306 of the IPC. 3. This application was heard on 30.3.2009 by V.M.Kanade,J, when the following order was passed. 2. "A complaint has been filed against the present applicant for the offence punishable under sections 498A, 306 of the IPC. The applicant’s daughter has filed the complaint in which she has alleged that on account of harassment by the applicant to the deceased during the married life, she committed suicide. Counsel for the applicant submits that this complaint has been filed against him by his daughter who had left the house 22 years ago and the allegations which are made in the FIR are totally false. It is submitted that the applicant had opened various bank accounts in which the deceased was shown as a nominee. It is submitted that the applicant had given treatment to the deceased to the best of hospitals. It is also submitted that the deceased was suffering from mental ailment for sometime in the past and she was given treatment for the same. 3. The Investigating Officer to verify this fact and file an affidavit in detail. S.O. two weeks. In the meantime, taking into consideration the age of the applicant and the nature of allegations made, the applicant not to be arrested in connection with C.R.No.I-34/2009 registered with Vasai Police Station. The applicant, however, shall report to the concerned police for a period of three days from 6th April, 2009 between 11 am and 2 p.m. 3. Learned APP, on instructions, submits that she has verified the submissions recorded in the second paragraph of the aforesaid order and, according to her instructions, they are true and correct. Keeping that in view and considering overall facts and circumstances of the case, I am satisfied, the custodial interrogation is not necessary, and hence I am inclined to grant this application for anticipatory bail filed by 75 years old applicant. Hence, the following order. . In the event of arrest, the applicant be released on bail in the sum of Rs.5,000/- with one or two sureties to make the said amount, subject to conditions contained in sub-section (2) of Section 438 of Cr.P.C. Further, the applicant is directed to report to the concerned police station on every Saturday between 10 am and 12 noon for a period of sixty days from the date of his formal arrest and thereafter as and when called. . 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.)