1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 3551 OF 2010 Kailas Maruti Gunjal ..APPLICANT -VERSUS- The State of Maharashtra ..RESPONDENT ......... Mr. R.S. Shinde holding for Mr. N.L. Choudhari, Advocate for applicant. Mr. N.H. Borade, A.P.P. for respondent. ........ (CORAM : V.R.KINGAONKAR,J.) DATE : 13 th October, 2010. PER COURT : 1. Heard. 2. The application is for bail. 3. Considering the recitals of the F.I.R. and the investigation papers, it is pirma facie manifest that the applicant went to the house of aunt of deceased Surekha i.e. his wife in the evening of 27th May, 2009. She had gone to house of her aunt along with her minor daughter and had informed her aunt Seemabai and as well as another aunt, by name, Latabai Pawar regarding the cruelty meeted out to her by the applicant. It is alleged that on 28.05.2009, the applicant poured kerosene on the 2 person of his wife, the minor daughter, minor sister-in-law and the daughter of aunt of his wife while they were sleeping in a room. The Dying Declaration of deceased Surekha purports to show that the applicant was in drunken condition at the relevant time and incident occurred in the wee hours. It prima facie shows that in the dead hours while the wife of the applicant and other minors were in slumber, all of sudden, the applicant prickled kerosene on her person and set their ablaze. The act of the applicant, prima facie, is heinous. In the bizarre incident, the wife of the applicant and his minor daughter succumbed to the burn injuries caused to them whereas, other minor girls were also injured. True, the applicant himself suffered some burn injuries during the incident. But it is not of much importance in view of the magnitude of the burns caused to others and probably he attempted to save the minor sister-in-law and the daughter of aunt of deceased Surekha. 4. Under the circumstances, the applicant has forfeited right to remain free during the course of trial. The application is, therefore, rejected. The trial of the Sessions Case is expedited. (V.R.KINGAONKAR) JUDGE gas/cri3551.10