ABA-134-11.sxw 1 Dixit IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO.134 OF 2011 Usha Sandeep Kumar Tyagi ... Applicant V/s. State of Maharashtra, Thru' Loni Kalbhor Police Station, Pune ... Respondent Mr. Vikas Shivalkar for the Applicant. Mrs. S.D. Shinde, APP, for the Respondent. CORAM:- A.M. THIPSAY, J. DATED :- 14 TH JUNE, 2011. P.C. : 1. Heard. 2. I have gone through the F.I.R. and the statement of the victim, copies of which are annexed to the Anticipatory Bail Application. Undoubtedly, the offences in question are of a serious nature. However, the role attributed to the present Applicant is minor. When the victim had been detained in the house of the Applicant's husband, where she resides with her husband Sandeep Kumar, and when the victim was sexually exploited by the said Sandeep Kumar, the Applicant supported him and had, on one occasion, assaulted the victim by hands and kicks. Considering that the victim had been kept in the house by the Applicant's husband, the Applicant's role in the ABA-134-11.sxw 2 Dixit alleged offence is only to the extent of not preventing the exploitation of the victim. Though the Applicant can be said to have abetted the commission of the alleged offences by her husband, for the purposes of bail, her case is to be treated differently from that of her husband and the other accused. 3. The learned APP submits that, in any event, the Applicant does not deserve anticipatory bail and that she may surrender and seek regular bail. In the facts and circumstances of the case, considering the minor role attributed to the Applicant in the alleged offences and the fact that all the other accused in the said case are in custody, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the Applicant. 4. In the event of her arrest in C.R. No.74 of 2010 of Loni Kalbhor Police Station, Pune, the Applicant be released on bail in the sum of Rs.50,000/-, with one surety in like amount, or two sureties in the sum of Rs.25,000/- each. [A.M. THIPSAY, J.]