Cri. Apln. No. 2258/2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 2258 OF 2011 1. Jagganath s/o. Ranuji Pawar, 2. Tarabai w/o. Jagganath Pawar, 3. Abhijeet s/o. Jagganath Pawar, All R/o. Kedareshwar Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana, Bodhegaon, Tq. Shevgaon, Dist. Ahmednagar. ....Applicant. Versus The State of Maharashtra ....Respondent. Mr. N.B. Narawade, Advocate for applicants. Mr. S.G. Nandedkar, APP for respondent. CORAM : T. V. NALAWADE, J. DATED : 22nd June, 2011. PER COURT : 1. This application is filed for regular bail in Cr. No. 84/2011 registered in Shevgaon Police Station, District Ahmednagar for offences punishable under section 306, 498-A, etc. of the Indian Penal Code. Papers of investigation were made available by APP for perusal. Both the sides are heard. Cri. Apln. No. 2258/2011 2 2. The crime is registered on the basis of report given by father of the deceased. Deceased Kavita was given in marriage to applicant No. 3 on 22.2.2011. Allegations are made that after 8 to 10 days of marriage applicant No. 3, husband, had given beating to her and he had driven the deceased out of matrimonial house as the agreed dowry was not given. Allegations are made that the resumption of cohabitation started from 3.5.2011 and Kavita committed suicide by consuming poison on 4.5.2011. Allegations are made that due to illtreatment given by all the applicants, she committed suicide. In the FIR the amount of dowry is not mentioned. But from the statements of witnesses, it appears that agreed amount was Rs. 50,000/- and 50 % amount was not given at the time of marriage. 3. Advocate for the applicants submitted that he is not pressing the application for applicant No. 3. Allegations are made against him that he had given beating to deceased and driven her out of house to fulfill the demand. Applicant Nos. 1 and 2 are parents of applicant No. 3. Allegations against them are vague in nature. In FIR there is circumstance that the deceased was taken back to matrimonial house on 3.5.2011 and she committed suicide immediately on the next day. The witnesses are from village Nimgaon, Tahsil Shevgaon and the applicants are from Bodhegaon. In view of these circumstances, bail can be granted Cri. Apln. No. 2258/2011 3 to applicant Nos. 1 and 2. 4. Application of applicant No. 3 Abhijeet s/o. Jagganath Pawar stands disposed of as not pressed. 5. Application of applicant Nos. 1 and 2 viz. Jagganath s/o. Ranuji Pawar and Tarabai w/o. Jagganath Pawar, respectively, is allowed. They are to be released on bail on their furnishing PR and SB of Rs. 15,000/- (Rupees fifteen thousand) by each of them. There are not to tamper with the prosecution witnesses and they are not to enter in village Nimgaon. [ T. V. NALAWADE, J.] ssc/criapln2258/11