Cri. Apln. No. 2445/2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 2445 OF 2011 Ashok Phulchand Sawtar (Patil), R/o. Prakash Nagar, Tq. Latur, Dist. Lature. ....Applicant. Versus The State of Maharashtra ....Respondents. Mr. A.V. Patil (Indrale), Advocate for applicant. Mr. G.R. Ingole, APP for State/respondent. CORAM : T. V. NALAWADE, J. DATED : 4th July, 2011. PER COURT : 1. This application is filed for bail in Cr. No. 54/2011 registered with MIDC Police Station, Latur for offences under sections 306, 498-A, 34 of the Indian Penal Code. The papers of investigation were made available by APP. Both the sides are heard. 2. The crime is registered on the basis of report given by the brother of the deceased. The deceased was given in marriage to present applicant twelve years prior to incident. It was submitted for the applicant that the deceased has left behind one 13 years son and 7 years old daughter and they are in the custody of the parents of the applicant. The brother of the applicant has made allegations that after two years of the marriage, illtreatment was given to the deceased by the husband as Cri. Apln. No. 2445/2011 2 he had kept illicit relations with the other woman. On 17.4.2011 the deceased committed suicide by setting herself on fire. APP submitted that there are statements of relatives of the deceased like maternal uncle Dnyanoba showing that the present applicant had kept illicit relations and due to that the deceased committed suicide. 3. Though there are aforesaid circumstances, the witnesses are mostly from villages Beti, Tahsil Aurad and Murud. The applicant is from Latur. Thus, there is no possibility of tampering with the prosecution witnesses and the report was given immediately by the relatives of the deceased. The applicant is required to take care of his issues and so this Court holds that subject to some conditions bail can be granted to the applicant. 4. So the application is allowed. The applicant is to be released on bail on his furnishing PR and SB of Rs. 15,000/- (Rs. Fifteen thousand) in Cr.No. 54/2011 registered with MIDC Police Station, Latur for offences under sections 306, 498-A, 34 of the Indian Penal Code. He is not to tamper with the prosecution witnesses. He is to co-operate the police during investigation. He is not to enter in the villages Beti and Murud till the disposal of the case, if any filed against him. Hamdast allowed. [ T. V. NALAWADE, J.] ssc/criapln2445/2011