(1) CR.APP. 1827.2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1827 OF 2009 1] Sau. Manglabai w/o Shivaji Gaikwad, Age: 30 years, Occu.: Household, R/o Pimpri, Taluka and Dist. Aurangabad 2] Sau. Jyoti w/o Mininath Wagh, @ Sau. Rekha w/o Mininath Wagh, Age: 25 years, Occu.: Household, R/o Wakala, Taluka Vaijapur, Dist. Aurangabad .. Applicants Versus The State of Maharashtra Through the Superintendent of Police, Aurangabad, Dist. Aurangabad (Copy to be served on the Public Prosecutor, High Court of Judicature of Bombay, Bench at Aurangabad) .. Respondent Mr. Amol Sawant, Advocate h/f. Mr. Deepak Choudhary, Advocate for the Applicants Smt. S.B. Wadmare, APP for the Respondent-State CORAM : A.V. NIRGUDE, J. DATED : 3RD JULY, 2009 ORAL ORDER:- 1] The applicants are seeking anticipatory (2) CR.APP. 1827.2009 bail in crime no. 57 of 2009 registered with Waluj Police Station, Tq. Gangapur, Dist. Aurangabad. The Police registered this offence under section 302, 498-A r/w. 34 of the Indian Penal Code. 2] The complainant lodged a complaint on 30.5.2009 saying that his daughter Swati was found dead in her matrimonial house and that before her death her in-laws had demanded dowry from her and her parents. After the post-mortem of the body of the deceased, it was revealed that Swati was throttled to death. 3] It is thus a clear case of murder. Swati was found dead in her bed-room, which she occupied exclusively with her husband Sunil. Eventually, Sunil was arrested. The present applicants are married sisters of Sunil. They reside at places which are far away from the place where the incident took place, indicating that they had very few occasions to meet the deceased. The deceased was married to Sunil only for five months. Since, it appears to be a case of murder, and since the applicants are not involved in the act of murder, they deserve protection. 4] In the event of the arrest of the applicants in this case, they shall be released on (3) CR.APP. 1827.2009 bail of Rs.5000/- (Rs. Five Thousand) each with one surety each in the like amount. 5] Criminal Application is disposed of. Sd/- (A.V. NIRGUDE, J.) arp/3july9/cr1827.09