1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 4697 OF 2009 Usha Dyaneshwar Sonawane ...Applicant (Orig.Accused No.1) vs. The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent Mr.Hitin S. Venegavkar for the Applicant. Mrs.M.R. Tidake, APP for the State. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. DATED : NOVEMBER 9, 2009 P.C. :- 1 Heard Counsel for the applicant and APP for the State. 2 The applicant apprehends arrest in connection with an offence which is registered with Lonand Police Station, District Satara, vide C.R.No. 68/2009 under Sections 498A, 306 read with 34 of the IPC. The applicant is the married sister-in-law of 2 the deceased. The applicant has been staying in her matrimonial house which is situated at Waghoshi which is nearly 100 kms away from the place where the deceased was residing with the husband. The deceased consumed poison ad committed suicide and hence, an offence was registered on 8.9.2009. In the said complaint which was filed by the mother of the deceased, the names of all the members of the deceased husband s family have been mentioned. 3 Counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant has been staying with her husband in her own matrimonial house and there was no occasion for her to harass the deceased as alleged by the complainant. A general vague averment is made in the complaint that the present applicant used to harass the deceased. In the complaint which was earlier filed by the deceased in the said police station, she has mentioned that on the date of the incident when she had asked her husband to permit her to go and meet her parents, he had mercilessly assaulted 3 her and as a result of which, she consumed poison. From the complaint, it is apparent that the applicant was not present at the place where the incident took place and therefore, it cannot be said that the at the instance of the applicant or due to her instigation, the deceased had consumed poison. In my view, prima facie case is made out by the applicant for grant of bail. 4 The applicant in the event of her arrest in connection with C.R.No.68 of 2009 registered with Lonand Police Station for the aforesaid offence be released on bail in the sum of Rs.5000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. The applicant, however, shall report to the concerned police station initially for a period of two days on 16th and 17th November, 2009 between 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and thereafter, as and when called. 5 The application is disposed of. (V.M. KANADE, J.)