BA-1120-11.sxw 1 Dixit IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION NO.1120 OF 2011 Tukaram Balku Waghmode & Ors. ... Applicants V/s. The State of Maharashtra, Thru’ Umadi Police Station, Dist. Sangli ... Respondent Mr. Kuldeep Patil for the Applicants. Mrs. S.D. Shinde, APP, for the Respondent. CORAM: A.M. THIPSAY, J. DATED : 10 TH AUGUST, 2011. P.C. : 1. Heard. 2. Leave to amend, by correcting the name of Applicant No.4, is granted. Amendment to be carried out forthwith. 3. I have gone through the Police papers and the statements recorded during investigation. 4. The F.I.R. narrates a number of incidents alleging commission of various offences by the Applicants, but the serious incident appears to be of setting the house of the First Informant on fire. Panchanama had been drawn after the fire had been caught. That the fire had taken place cannot be doubted. According to the First Informant, he noticed the Applicant Tukaram outside the house at that time and it is alleged that he was making certain gestures and making some BA-1120-11.sxw 2 Dixit signs intended for conveying something to somebody else. His son and daughter-in-law, i.e. Sanjay and Laxmi, were also reportedly present outside the house and were seen running away therefrom. 5. The suspicion felt by the First Informant cannot be said to be unreasonable. Moreover, the statements of some other persons recorded during investigation also create suspicion against the Applicant 1, 2 and 3. 6. Considering that the matter is at investigation stage, Mr. Patil, the learned Advocate for the Applicants, states that he is not pressing the Bail Application for the Applicant Nos.1, 2 and 3 at this stage and he submits that he would file another after the investigation is over. The Bail Application, so far as it relates to them, is allowed to be withdrawn and stands dismissed as such. 7. So far as the Applicant No.4-Lilabai is concerned, she is the married daughter of the Applicant No.1, who stays with her husband and in-laws. Her presence at the time when the house of the First Informant was allegedly set on fire is not spoken about by any witnesses. Considering this, it would be proper to release her on bail. 8. The Applicant No.4-Lilabai is ordered to be released on bail in the sum of Rs.25,000/-, with one surety in like amount. [A.M. THIPSAY, J.]