1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MUMBAI CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.2610 OF 2009 Malati Appasaheb Patil .. Applicant. Vs. State of Maharashtra .. Respondents. WITH CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.2611 OF 2009 Appasaheb Nivrutti Patil .. Applicant. Vs. State of Maharashtra .. Respondents. Mr.V.V.Purwant for the applicants. Mr.S.D.Shinde A.P.P. for the State. Coram: D.B. BHOSALE, J. Dated : 22nd June, 2009 P.C. Heard learned counsel for the applicants and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The applicants are seeking bail in C.R.No.112 of 2009 of Nehru Nagar Police Station, Mumbai. The crime has been registered against the applicants and others for having allegedly committed an offence punishable under sections 498-A, 304(B) r/w 34 of IPC. 3. The applicants are in-laws of the deceased – Nalini who 2 committed suicide on 13.4.2009. The deceased and accused no.1 – Ramchandra Appasaheb Patil got married on 5.3.2009 at village Bisur, Taluka Miraj, District Sangli. After the marriage the deceased with her husband and the applicant – Malti Appasaheb Patil alongwith Sambhaji Appasaheb Patil came to Mumbai on 15.3.2009. Sambhaji Patil left for Sangli on the very same day. Thereafter, on 27.3.2009 the applicant - mother-in-law also left for Sangli. On 11.4.2009, the deceased and her husband went to Sangli and came back to Mumbai on 12.4.2009, and on 13.4.2009 she committed suicide. From the dates mentioned above it is clear that the applicants and the deceased were together for hardly 8-10 days at Sangli and thereafter the applicant – Malti Patil stayed with the deceased at Mumbai for about 8-10 days. In the FIR, the father of the deceased has stated that all the accused subjected the deceased to cruelty with a view to coercing her to fulfill unlawful demand of monies, which drove her to commit suicide. The allegations against the present applicants are general in nature. Having regard to the contents of the FIR and other material placed before the court for consideration, Mr.Purwant submitted that something must have happened between the deceased and her husband, which drove her to commit suicide. However, I would not like to express any opinion at this stage, and I leave it to the trial Court to consider the matter on merits in accordance with law. 3 Having regard to overall facts and circumstances of the case, in my opinion, continued detention of the applicants is not necessary. Hence the following order: Applicants in both the applications to be released on bail in the sum of Rs.5,000/- each with one or two sureties to make up the said amount, subject to the condition that the applicant – Appasaheb Nivrutti Patil shall report to the concerned police station on first Saturday on every month between 6 pm and 7 pm till conclusion of the trial. While passing this order I shall not be understood to have expressed any opinion on merits of the case and the trial Court shall deal with the case uninfluenced by the observations made in this order. Applications are disposed of. (D. B. Bhosale, J.)