1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MUMBAI CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.2487 OF 2009 1.Amit Hiraman Shinde .. 2.Mangal Motiram Shinde .. Applicants. Vs. 1.State of Maharashtra .. 2.Sneha Bharat Gaikwad .. Respondents. WITH CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.2488 OF 2009 1.Hiraman Namedo Shinde .. 2.Rekha Hiraman Shinde .. Applicants. Vs. 1.State of Maharashtra .. 2.Sneha Bharat Gaikwad .. Respondents. Mr.S.M.Gorwadkar for the applicants. Mr.K.V.Saste A.P.P. for the State. Mr.Vishal Shinde for the original complainant. Coram: D.B. BHOSALE, J. Dated : 26TH June, 2009 P.C. Heard learned counsel for the applicants and the original complainant and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The applicants are seeking anticipatory bail in C.R.No.74 of 2009 of Samarth Police Station, Pune. The crime has been registered against the applicants and others for having allegedly committed an offence punishable under sections 376, 354, 323, 504, 506 r/w 34 of IPC. 2 3. The applicants in the first application are brother and aunt respectively of the main accused – Saurabh, while the applicants in the second application are his parents. It appears that the complainant and Saurabh had an affair and they also had sex, as disclosed in the FIR. On 5th March, 2009, the applicant and the complainant got married at Alandi according to the Hindu vedic rites. The allegations against the applicants are that they did not approve the marriage of the complainant and Saurabh and allow the complainant to enter their house. It is alleged that sometime in March 2009, she was beaten by the parents of Saurabh. This allegation is made for the first time in the FIR lodged on 2nd May, 2009. It is also alleged that the applicants are bringing pressure on the complainant to withdraw the complaint. Having regard to the nature of allegations against the applicants I am inclined to grant this application for anticipatory bail. Hence the following order: In the event of arrest, the applicants, in both the applications, to be released on bail in the sum of Rs. 5,000/- each with one or two sureties to make up the said amount, subject to the conditions incorporated in sub-section (2) of Section 438 of Cr.P.C. Further, the applicants in both the applications are directed to report to the concerned police station on every alternate day between 6 pm and 7 pm till 10th July, 2009, and thereafter the applicant – Amit Hiraman Shinde 3 in criminal application No.2487 of 2009 and the applicant - Hiraman Namdeo Shinde in criminal application No.2488 of 2009 shall report on every Saturday between 6 pm and 7 pm for a period of 90 days from today or till filing of the chargesheet, whichever is earlier. The applicants are also directed not to make direct or indirect attempt to tamper with evidence or to bring any pressure on the complainant for any purpose whatsoever. While passing this order I shall not be understood to have expressed any opinion on merits of the case and the trial Court shall deal with the case uninfluenced by the observations made in this order. Applications are disposed of. (D. B. Bhosale, J.)