1 1 1 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 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.4137 OF 2008 Vinod Kaushik and Anr. .. Applicants. Vs. State of Maharashtra .. Respondent. Ms.Swapnarani Padhy for the applicants. Mrs.P.P.Shinde A.P.P. for the State. Mr.Kiran Kandpile for the original complainant. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. DATED : 3RD DECEMBER, 2008. DATED : 3RD DECEMBER, 2008. DATED : 3RD DECEMBER, 2008. P.C.: . Heard learned counsel for the applicant and complainant and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The applicant is seeking bail in C.R.No.297 of 2008 of Chaturshringhi police station, Pune. The said crime has been registered against the applicants and their son for having allegedly committed an offence punishable under sections 498-A, 506, 323 r/w 34 of IPC and section 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. 3. I have perused an FIR. The allegations against the applicants, who are in-laws of the complainant are general in nature. The main allegations are against the husband. Moreover, it is pertinent to note that the applicants are permanent 2 2 2 residents of Noida, U.P. and they occasionally used to visit Pune where the complaiant and her husband used to stay. The learned counsel for the complainant, across the bar, on instructions, submitted that the complainant had kept her jwellery with the applicants, while leaving for Germany, which they are not returning to her. There is no such allegation in the complaint. The applicants were directed by this court to report to the concerned police station and the learned A.P.P. informs that they did report to the concerned police station regularly. In the circumstances I am inclined to grant this application for anticipatory bail. Hence the following order: . In the event of arrest, the applicants to be released on bail in the sum of Rs.10,000/- each with one or two sureties to make up the said amount subject to condition that the applicants shall report to the concerned police station 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 without being influenced by the observations made in this order. 3 3 3 (D.B.Bhosale, J.) (D.B.Bhosale, J.) (D.B.Bhosale, J.)