1 vks IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.514 OF 2009 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.1339 OF 2007 Jijabai Walu Apsunde .. Applicant -versus The State of Maharashtra .. Respondent Mr. P. N. Patil, advocate for the applicant. Mr V.B. Konde Deshmukh, APP for the state CORAM: Smt. RANJANA DESAI & R. G. KETKAR JJ DATED: 3rd July, 2009. P.C. 1. The applicant is the original accused No.2. She was tried alongwith her son who is original accused No.l, by Ad Hoc Additional Sessions Judge, in Session Case No. 27 of 2006 for the offences punishable under section 302, 498-A r/w 34 of the Indian Penal Code. 2. The case of the prosecution in short was that the 2 applicant poured Kerosene on her daughter in law and accused No.l set her on fire. Appeal filed by the applicant is admitted. 3. The applicant’s bail application was rejected by this Court on 2.4.2008 after considering merits of the matter. This is the second bail application preferred by the applicant on the ground that the applicant is suffering from optic atrophy and has become l00% blind. On the last occasion, we directed learned APP to verify this fact. The learned APP tells us that this submission made by the learned counsel for the applicant is correct. He has produced disability certificate issued by District Civil Surgeon and President Medical Board. The certificate states that the applicant is l00% blind. 4. In view of this, in our opinion on humanitarian ground the applicant must be released on bail. Hence following order. ORDER. I) The applicant Jijabai Walu Apsunde is ordered to be released on bail in the 3 sum of Rs.5,000/- with one or two sureties to make up the amount. II) The application is disposed of. (Smt. RANJANA DESAI, J) (R.G. KETKAR, J)