1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET No. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD Criminal Application No. 4632 of 2010 (Taru Chavan & four oths v. The State) Office Notes,Office Memoranda of Coram,appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders Court's or Judge's orders Mrs. Sadhana Jadhav, Advocate for the applicants Mr.N.H. Borade, APP for the respondent / State PER COURT : 1. Heard. 2. The applicants are seeking bail in Crime No. 380 of 2010, registered at Pathardi Police Station, District Ahmadnagar, for the offences punishable under Sections 302, 201, 498-A, 323, 504, 506 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code. 3. The applicants are parents-in-laws and sister- in-laws of the victim, who apparently died of drowning on 16th October, 2010. Her dead body was fishedout from a well and was sent for post-mortem examination. The Medical Officer clearly opined that the injuries that were found on the person of the deceased were of post-mortem, but he did not mention as to whether the victim died of asphyxia due to drowning. He said that he would reserve his 2 opinion on the cause of death till he received the report of Chemical Analyzer on viscera. 4. The deceased was staying with the applicants and the other accused in a joint family. She was married to other accused by name Prakash. The complainant, the mother of the deceased alleged that the applicants and other accused were continuously harassing, assaulting and abusing the deceased for pressing their demand of Rs.50,000/-. There is nothing on record to show that the victim was assaulted while she was inside the house of the applicants. There is neither anything on record to suggest that the victim was thereafter taken to the well and thrown in it. All that the Investigation Officer collected, is the statements of the relatives of the victim from her maternal side. All of them stated that the victim was harassed by the applicants and others over the demand of dowry etc. On the face of it, an offence punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code is not seen to have been committed. Though it can be a case of offence under Section 498-A and 306 or 304-B of the Indian Penal Code, the applicants before the Court are aged parents-in- laws of the victim and her co-sisters (wives of brothers of the husband of the victim). All these applicants are in custody since 18th October, 2010. I think, the applicants deserve bail in these circumstances. 3 4. The applicants be released on bail on executing P.R. Bond of Rs.5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand) with one surety in the like amount each. Bail shall be furnished to the satisfaction of the lower Court. 5. Parties to act upon the copy duly authenticated by Court Shirestedar of this Court. 6. Application stands disposed of. 11th November, 10 ( A.V.NIRGUDE, J. ) SRM/ca/4590/10/111010