1 APPLN-166.11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE  CRIMINAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.166 OF 2011 {For Leave to Appeal} The State of Maharashtra .... Applicant Vs. Ravindra Bhaga Yewale .... Respondent Shri K.V. Saste, APP, for the Applicant- State. Shri K.B. Sonwalkar for the Respondent. CORAM: R.C. CHAVAN, J. DATED: NOVEMBER 14, 2011 P.C: This is an application for leave to file appeal against the acquittal of the respondent recorded by the learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Junnar, District Pune, for the offences punishable under Sections 354 and 506 of the IPC. The allegation was that, on 26-9-2003, at 9:30 p.m., when the first informant had gone to answer the call of nature, the accused, who is the cousin of her husband, came there and tried to outrage her modesty and threatened to kill her. The report of the incident was given on the next afternoon at 4:30-5:00 p.m.. The incident took place at a 2 APPLN-166.11 distance of fifty feet from the residential house of the victim. There are eleven members in the victim's family and most of the male members were sitting outside the house at the relevant time. The victim had also stated that the police station is at a distance of 10 kms. from her house and her husband has a motorcycle. She also admitted that the family members of the accused had already filed a criminal case against her family and she was also an accused in that criminal case. She also stated that her father-in-law had filed a civil suit in a Civil Court against the family of the accused. In this background, if the learned Magistrate refused to believe the complainant, no fault can be found with him. Leave refused. Appeal dismissed. (R.C. CHAVAN, J.)