jpc ba882-11.sxw 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION NO. 882 OF 2011 Girijesh Savleprasad Yadav ... Applicant Versus The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent Mr. Ganesh Gole, for the applicant Mrs. S. D. Shinde, APP for the State CORAM:- A.M. THIPSAY, J. DATED :- 8th July, 2011. P.C. : 1. Heard Mr. Gole, the learned advocate for the applicant and Mrs. Shinde, the learned APP for the State. 2. I have gone through the charge sheet that is annexed to the bail application. 3. One Gulabi, wife of the applicant, died an unnatural death due to burn injuries,on 10th September, 2010. On 14th September, 2010, her mother- Smt. Manrajidevi- lodged a report with the Police alleging that the said Gulabi was being treated with cruelty by the applicant and his relatives, and that she was actually murdered by them. On the basis of this allegation, the applicant and others came to be arrested with respect of the offences punishable under Sections 302, 498-A, 304(B), 323, 504, 506 read with section 34 of the Indian Penal Code. The other three, i.e. the mother, father and brother of the applicant have been released on bail. jpc ba882-11.sxw 2 4. It appears that the marriage of the applicant and the deceased had taken place in May, 2003. Thus, the death has not occurred within seven years from the marriage. When the matter was reported to the police initially, and when an inquiry under section 174 of the Code of Criminal procedure was held, the applicant's statement was recorded wherein he stated that the deceased had committed suicide. That the deceased was murdered by the applicant and others, is only the suspicion felt by the first informant. She has no knowledge of what had actually happened. 5. Considering the nature of the material that is available to sustain the charge of murder, and the fact that all other accused have been released on bail, I am inclined to release the applicant on bail. 6. The application is allowed. 7. The applicant is ordered to be released on bail in the sum of Rs. 40,000/-(Rupees forty thousand only) with one surety in like amount or two sureties in the sum of Rs. 20,000/- each. (A.M. THIPSAY, J.)