1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR Criminal Application [BA] No. 423 of 2011 (Leelabai Baburao Thorat Vs. The State of Maharashtra) Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, Appearances, Courts orders or directions Court’s or Judge’s orders and Registrar’s orders. Mr. P.V. Navlani, Advocate for the applicant. Mr. S.M. Bhagde, APP for the State/non-applicant. CORAM : M. N. GILANI, J. DATE : 4 th AUGUST, 2011. Heard. This is an application filed under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for releasing the accused on bail, against whom an offence bearing Crime No. 106/2010, under Section 302 and 201 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, registered with Police Station Shirkhed, District Amravati. Facts are thus : One Amrapali married Gopal-deceased. She has two children from him. On 12/11/2010, the deceased, his wife Amrapali, his daughter Shrusthi and son Luckey came to village Nerpiglai, where the parents of Amrapali reside. Since then the whereabouts of the deceased was not known. On 28/11/2010, Laxmibai visited her daughter-in-law and enquired about the deceased. The answers given by Amrapali and her parents did not satisfy Laxmibai and, therefore, she went to Police Station Shirkhed and lodged F.I.R. 2 Investigation revealed that on 12/11/2010, in the morning, there was quarrel between the deceased and Amrapali. In that deceased was done to death by strangulation. Thereafter his dead body was dropped in a septic tank. The police fished out the dead body, which was identified by his mother. On that basis, an offence came to be registered and investigation was carried out. The learned Additional Sessions Judge, vide his order dated 16/03/2011, rejected the bail application on the ground of involvement of the applicant in the offence of committing murder of Gopal. The learned A.P.P. brought to my notice the confessional statement of the accused persons. So far as the present applicant is concerned, there is nothing except the confessional statement made to the police. At the most the offence, which can be made out against the applicant may be of causing disappearance of the evidence or screening the offender. The applicant is aged more than 60 years. I, therefore, allow this application. The applicant-Leelabai Thorat be released on bail on her furnishing P. R. Bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand Only) with two sureties in the like amount. JUDGE *sdw