1 BA 1637-2011 Anand IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1637 OF 2011 Sou. Shalan w/o. Nagnath Pandhare .Applicant V/s. The State of Maharashtra .Respondent Mr.Abhijeet Kandarkar, Advocate, for the Applicant Mr.J.P.Kharge, APP, for the Respondent - State CORAM : R.C.CHAVAN, J. DATE : 13TH OCTOBER, 2011 P.C. . Heard the learned Counsel for the applicant. 2. This is an application for bail by mother-in-law, who has been charge sheeted for murder of daughter-in-law. The victim's husband was working in Armed forces and was possibly not in the village at the time of the incident. The applicant and her other sons were in the house. Notes of postmortem examination show that the victim died of 2 BA 1637-2011 asphyxia secondary to strangulation. The observations of the medical officer show that ligature mark at the neck situated at the level of thyroid cartilage is almost horizontal and encircles the neck completely, which would rule out the possibility which the learned Counsel for the applicant seeks to make out, that the victim committed suicide by hanging herself. Though the rope was seen hanging from the ceiling in the room where the dead body was found, it is not impossible that the rope was hung to the ceiling afterwards to make a show that the victim has committed suicide. Considering the nature of evidence collected, the applicant is not entitled to bail. 3. Bail Application stands rejected. (R.C.CHAVAN, J.)