1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.4310 OF 2009 Ashok S/o.Govind Pawar, APPLICANT VERSUS The State of Maharashtra RESPONDENT Mr.B.G.Deshmukh, learned counsel for applicant. Smt.Y.M.Kshirsagar, learned APP for respondent State. (CORAM : A.V.POTDAR, J.) DATE : 04/02/2010 PER COURT : 1. By the present application, the applicant has approached this Court for anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest in connection with CR No.78/2009, registered in Osmannagar Police Station for the alleged offence punishable u/s. 306, 504, 506 r/w. 34 of IPC. 2. Heard learned counsel for applicant followed by the submissions of learned APP appearing for the State. 3. It appears that said offence came to be registered on the complaint lodged by Janabai Ananda Rathod, the wife of deceased as the said Ananda committed suicide on 03/11/2009 due to demand of money at the hands of this applicant alongwith 2 others, wherein 2 there is an allegation that the present applicant has advanced Rs. 3,00,000/- to the deceased to provide the labourers for sugar-cane cutting. The labourers which were to be provided, were taken away by the applicant and there is no nexus about the said contract between the deceased and the said applicant. It is alleged that even though the labourers were not provided to the deceased, even then due to harassment, the deceased have paid the amount in the sum of Rs.3,03,000/-, inspite of that there is further demand of Rs.50,000/- at the hands of the present applicant and due to this harassment, deceased committed suicide. There is direct involvement of the present applicant in this crime, as because of harassment at his hands, deceased committed suicide. Application sans any merit, stands rejected. (A.V.POTDAR, J.) khs/FEB 2010/cri.appl.4310-09