- 1 - IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 2354/2010 Pramilabai w/o Kacharu Chintamani, age 45 yrs., occu.agri., r/o Patharwala (Bk.) Tq.Ambad Dist.Jalna. ...Applicant.. Versus The State of Maharashtra, through Police Station, Gondi. Tq.Ambad Dist.Jalna. ...Respondent... ..... Shri S.S. Tope, Advocate for applicant. Shri K.S. Patil, APP for respondent. ..... CORAM: A.V. POTDAR, J. DATE: 07.07.2010 PER COURT: - 2 - 1] By the present application, the applicant has approached this Court for her release on anticipatory bail in the event of her arrest in connection with Crime No. 19/2009 registered in Gondi Police Station of Dist.Jalna in which charge-sheet is filed by the Police u/s 299 of Cr.P.C. in the Court of J.M.F.C., Ambad, on 3.2.2010 and it is numbered as R.C.C. No.42/2010. 2] Heard counsel for the applicant and the learned A.P.P. Perused the papers of investigation. 3] It appears that the said crime was registered on the basis of dying declaration of the victim Manjusha Dattatraya Natkar, who herself set on fire in the evening of 16.5.2009 on the allegation that the present applicant was harassing her on the count that the victim was receiving phone calls from outside boys and because of which she got annoyed and committed suicide. It appears that lateron the victim succumbed to death due to burn injuries, which she has sustained. It is contended across the Bar and can not be disputed that during investigation, statements of father, mother and brother of the victim were recorded on 27.5.2009, which disclose that 15 days prior to the alleged incident, the applicant was not residing in the village where the incident occurred, but she was residing at village Adegaon with her relatives. It is also disclosed from the statements of these close relatives that the victim was mentally disabled girl and was a patient, who was suffering from mental illness, because of that her behaviour was abnormal and in - 3 - that abnormal behaviour, she committed suicide. As the facts disclosed in the dying declaration by the victim are not supposed by very close relatives of the victim, a case is made out to enlarge the applicant on anticipatory bail for a limited period. Hence, following order. 4] Application is allowed. The applicant be released on bail in the event of her arrest in connection with Crime No.19/2009 registered with Gondi Police Station Dist.Jalna on furnishing surety in the sum of Rs.15,000/- and on executing P.R. Bond in the like amount. This protection is granted for a limited period of 15 days. In the mean time, the applicant to apply for regular bail before the Court concerned. Application stands disposed of accordingly. (A.V. Potdar, J.) ndk/cr771023