IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY VPH CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION No. 815 OF 2008 Ranjit Vishal Zankar Petitioner Vs. Jagannath Bhutha Pates & Ors. Respondent Mr. R. N. Gite, for the petitioner. Mrs. S. D. Shinde, APP, for the respondent-State. CORAM : BILAL NAZKI, & A. A. KUMBHKONI, JJ. DATE : JULY 21, 2008. PC :- 1. This petition was filed for the release of Mrs. Pratiksha Ranjit Zankar, on the ground that she was married to the petitioner and her parents had kept her in confinement against her will. 2. This Court ordered for production of Smt. Pratiksha Ranjit Zankar, who appeared in this Court on 14th July, 2008 and she was examined by us in the Chamber, where she stated that she married the petitioner out of her free will, but within seven days of her marriage, the parents of the petitioner demanded her dowry of Rs.25 lakhs, therefore, she decided to go back and leave with her parents. She was living with her parents voluntarily, out of her free will and she is not - 2 - intending to go with her husband. In this view of the matter, the petition is dismissed. Sd/- [ BILAL NAZKI, J.] Sd/- [ A. A. KUMBHAKONI, J.]