1 appln 2523 of 2010 vks IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.2523 OF 2010 The State of Maharashtra .. Applicant. -versus Nasim Shamshul Shaikh .. Respondent. Mrs. P. P. Bhosale, for the Applicant. CORAM: R.C. CHAVAN, J. DATED: 17th June, 2011 P.C. 1. This is an application for leave to file appeal against acquittal of the respondent for the offence punishable under Sections 498-A and 306 of the Indian Penal Code, rendered by the Additional Sessions Judge, Gadhinglaj. The victim was married to respondent about five years prior to the incident which took place on 10.11.2007. Victim died as a result of sever burns on 13.11.2007. Before that dying declaration was recorded by one Sharad Patil, who was examined at the trial. She has stated that in the morning of the incidental day, she had lost the keys of the house and therefore there was quarrel between her and the respondent and thereafter in a fit of anger, she poured kerosene on her person and set herself on fire. All the allegations about unlawful demand have surfaced only after the death of the victim. Considering this, it cannot be said that the learned Judge erred in concluding that the 2 appln 2523 of 2010 offence punishable under Section 498-A , 306 of the Indian Penal Code were not proved. Leave refused. Appeal dismissed. (R. C. CHAVAN, J.)