jpc aba617-11.sxw 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRI. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 617 OF 2011 1. Sitaram Pareta 2. Mrs. Pushpa Sitaram Pareta 3. Ms. Babi Sitaram Pareta ,... Applicants Versus The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent Mr. Subodh Desai for the applicants Mrs. A. A. Mane, APP for the State Mr. R. L. kulkarni, P.I. (I.O.),Vishnunagar Polcie Station,Dombivali CORAM:- A.M. THIPSAY, J. DATED :- 27th July, 2011. P.C. : 1. By consent, taken up for final hearing. 2. Heard Mr. Desai, the learned advocate for the applicant and Mrs. Mane, the learned APP for the State. 3. On 30th June, 2011, one Navita-daughter-in-law of the applicant No.1, started vomiting. The applicant Nos. 2 and 3 are wife and daughter respectively, of applicant no.1. Navita was taken to a Hospital in Dombivali. The father of Navita was informed that she was not well. Navita passed away on 3rd July, 2011, in another Hospital, where she had been shifted on the earlier day. After her death, her father Prabhu jpc aba617-11.sxw 2 Narayan lodged a report that Navita was being treated with cruelty by her husband and his relatives i.e. the applicants; and that Nativta, therefore, had consumed some poisonous substance and committed suicide. On the basis of this report, a case has been registered against the husband of Navita and the present applicants, of the offences punishable under Sections 498-A and 306 of the Indian Penal Code read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code. 4. I have gone through the anexures to the bail application and all the police papers. 5. No suicide note was left by the said Navita. Whether her death is suicidal is not very clear. There is no dispute that Navita was taken to the Hospital since she started feeling unwell, by her husband and the applicants. 6. I any case, the detention of the applicants is not essential from the point of view of investigation. The Investigating Officer, who is present before the Court, states that it would be sufficient for the purpose of investigation, if the applicants are available to the investigating agency for interrogation. 7. Under the circumstances, I am inclined to grant the anticipatory bail to the applicants subject to certain conditions. 8. The application is allowed. 9. In the event of their arrest in connection with the C.R. No.I-125 jpc aba617-11.sxw 3 of 2011 of Vishnunagar Police Station, Dombivli(W), the applicants be released on bail in the sum of Rs.15,000/- (Rupees fifteen thousand only) each, with one surety in like amount, on the following conditions: i. The applicants shall attend the concerned Police Station every day between 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for a period of one week commencing from tomorrow and make themselves available for investigation/interrogation. ii. The applicant shall, even thereafter, attend the Police Station, as and when required by the Investigating officer. (A.M. THIPSAY, J.)