1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR. Criminal Application No. 3316 of 2009 Prashant v. State of Maharashtra and anr ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. Court's or Judge's Orders. Mr S. Ashirgade, Adv for applicant Ms R. Wasnik, APP for State Coram: A.P. Bhangale, J Dated : 14th Oct 2009 1. Heard learned counsel for applicant and learned APP for State. APP. Applicant is seeking bail in Crime No. 54/09 registered with Police Station, Danapur under Sections 498A and 307 of the Indian Penal Code. 2. Learned counsel for applicant contends that co-accused Ramchandra and others were granted interim bail vide order dated 20th August 2009 on the ground that victim has made different statements at various stages of investigation. 3. I have perused the statements. In one statement, victim Swati has stated that in-laws, brothers of husband (Shailesh, Mukesh and Srikant) and husband Prashant set her on fire and when she started running, they pushed her in the Well. In another statement, she states that she set herself on fire and jumped into the well. 4. In view of the above coupled with the fact that co-accused have 2 already been released on bail, I am inclined to release applicant on bail during trial. 5. Applicant be released on bail in Crime No. 54/09 registered with Police Station, Danapur under Sections 498A and 307 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code upon his furnishing PR Bond in the sum of Rs. 25,000/- with one or more sureties in the like amount. Applicant shall not tamper with prosecution evidence in any manner. He shall attend trial regularly and shall not commit any crime while on bail. Applicant shall leave his permanent address with telephone/cell phone number, if any, with the Court concerned and shall communicate change therein, if any, in future. Application disposed of. Hamdast. Judge. hsj