1 appln 1604 of 2010 vks IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1604 OF 2010 The State of Maharashtra .. Applicant. -versus 1. Rajesh Gangaram Mahanoor 2. Madhumati Gangaram Mahanoor, 3. Gangaram Dadasaheb Mahanoor .. Respondents. Mrs. P. P. Bhosale, APP for the applicant. Mr. Sachin Pawar, for the Respondent Nos 1 to 3. CORAM: R.C. CHAVAN, J. DATED: 11th November, 2011 P.C. 1. This is an application for leave to file appeal against the acquittal of the respondents by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Pune, for the offence punishable under Section 498A and 306 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code. The victim was married to respondent No.1 on 14th December, 2006, died because of fall from 5th floor of the building on 7.7.2007. The learned Judge held that this was a case of suicide. The learned Judge also dealt as to the presumption under Section 113A of the Indian Evidence Act and came to conclusion that the only illtreatment or cruelty attributed to the respondents was that they did not permit the victim to 2 appln 1604 of 2010 watch TV or read newspaper and therefore, held that this was neither amounting to cruelty as contemplated under Section 498A of the Penal Code nor could be said to abetment to commit suicide. Since the view taken by the learned Judge is neither perverse nor improbable, leave refused. Appeal dismissed. (R. C. CHAVAN, J.)