1 mpt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 616 of 2010 Asif Ali Ashik Siddiquie & ors. ... Applicants versus The State of Maharashtra & Anr ... Respondents ... Mr.V.V.Purwant for the applicants. Mr.S.A. Shaikh APP for the State. CORAM : D.G. KARNIK, J. DATED : 11th February 2010 P.C. 1. Heard. 2. By this application, applicants seek transit pre-arrest bail in connection with C.R. No. 22 of 2010 registered with Asansol South Police Station, District Bardhaman, West Bengal for an alleged offence punishable u/s.498A of the IPC. 3. Mr.Fazal Siddiqui is the main accused. Applicant no.1 is his brother and applicant no.3 is his sister. Applicant no.2 is the wife of 2 applicant no.1. It appears that there are matrimonial disputes between Fazal and his wife. Wife of Fazal appears to have lodged a FIR against Fazal for an alleged offence punishable u/s.498 of the IPC. The present applicants also appear to have been named in the FIR. Applicants want to appear before the concerned Court in West Bengal and apply for bail. However, since the applicants feel that they may be arrested before they reach the concerned Sessions Court and/or before their application for bail is heard by it. They therefore seek pre-arrest bail for a short period to enable them to appear before the appropriate court in West Bengal and apply for bail. 3. Applicants were granted transit bail by the Sessions Court, Mumbai vide order dated 1st February 2010 for a period of eight days but the learned Sessions Judge declined to extend the period. Hence, applicants have approached this court. 4. Learned counsel for the applicants submits applicant nos.1 and 2 want to seek admission in school for their daughter and their presence would be required in Mumbai for interview for a period of few days and therefore they cannot go out of city immediately and they need about four weeks’ time. Considering that applicants are only relatives of the 3 husband of the complainant and also the fact that they are living in an entirely different city, far away from the place of the alleged offence, they can be granted transit bail for a reasonable time. Hence, I pass the following order:- O R D E R In the event the applicants are arrested in connection with C.R. No. 22 of 2010 of Asansol South Police Station, West Bengal, each of them shall be released on bail on executing P.R bond of Rs.5,000/- with one surety in the like amount. This order shall remain in force for a period of four weeks. Thereafter, the applicants may if they so desire approach the appropriate court for regular bail. Certified copy is expedited. (D.G. KARNIK,J.)