1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.58 OF 2010 Umesh Govind Khule )..Applicant Vs. The State of Maharashtra )..Respondent ---- Mr. V. V. Purwant for the applicant. Mr. Y. S. Shinde APP for the State. ---- Coram : R.S.MOHITE,J Date : 5th May, 2010 PC 1 This is an application for grant of bail. The applicant is shown as an accused in C.R.No.132/2009 registered by the Faujdar Chawadi Police station. The deceased is one Sandhya. Her dying declaration is recorded on 29.7.2009 i.e the date of incident. She states that because she was cheated by the applicant, she poured kerosene on herself and set herself on fire. Another dying declaration was recorded on 25.7.2009 where she refers to demand made by the applicant of his illicit relationship and also talks about harassment by the applicant. In the second dying declaration there is no reference as to when such a demand or harassment was made. The test of proximity will have to be met for offence under Section 376 of IPC. It is therefore, directed that pending his trial in pursuance of C.R.No.132/2009 registered by the Faujdar Chawadi Police station, the applicant may be released on bail in the sum of Rs.15,000/- with one surety in the like amount subject to the condition that he will report to the Investigating officer once a fortnight on every 1st and 3rd 2 Mondays of each month, that he will not tamper with the witnesses and remain present on all dates of his trial unless exempted. Application stands disposed off. (R.S.MOHITE,J) 3