BA-792-11.sxw 1 Dixit IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION NO.792 OF 2011 Mohini Laxman Survase & Anr. ... Applicants V/s. The State of Maharashtra, Thru' Sadar Bazar Police Station, Solapur ... Respondent Mr. V.V. Purwant for the Applicants. Mrs. S.D. Shinde, APP, for the Respondent. CORAM:- A.M. THIPSAY, J. DATED :- 10 TH JUNE, 2011. P.C. : 1. Heard Mr. Purwant, the learned Advocate for the Applicant, and Mrs. Shinde, the learned APP for the Respondent. 2. The Applicants are arrested on the allegation that they, along with one Shrikant Laxman Survase, son of the Applicant No.1 and brother of the Applicant No.2, committed murder of Ashwini - the wife of the said Shrikant. 3. With the assistance of the learned Advocate for the Applicants and the learned APP for the Respondent, I have gone through the Charge Sheet, copy of which has been annexed to the Bail Application. It may be observed at BA-792-11.sxw 2 Dixit this stage that there certainly exists a prima facie case against the co- accused-Shrikant. However, the contention of the learned Advocate for the Applicants is that the Applicants cannot be, prima facie, said to be guilty of murder. He also submits that the Applicants, being women, their case for bail may be considered sympathetically. 4. The Applicants are in custody since last more than five months. Charge Sheet has already been filed, but the trial is, certainly, likely to take some time. Considering that the prosecution itself has attributed a secondary role to these Applicants, and that they are women, I am inclined to take a sympathetic view of the matter and release them on bail. 5. The Applicants are ordered to be released on bail in the sum of Rs.30,000/- each, with one surety each, in like amount. 6. The trial Court is requested to expedite the trial of the case and endeavour to dispose it of within a period of one year from today. [A.M. THIPSAY, J.]