IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 2887 OF 2009 Satish Maruti Khot ........ Applicant versus The State of Maharashtra ........Respondent. Mr. Umesh R. Mankapure adv. for the Applicant Mr. J.P. Yagnik APP. for the Respondent/State. CORAM: A. P DESHPANDE, J. DATED : 27th July, 2009. P. C.: 1. This is an application for regular bail moved under section 439 of Cr.P.C. in C.R. No. 14/09 registered on account of dowry death. Offences registered against the present applicant are punishable under sec 304-B, 498-A, 323, 5054 read with 34 of IPC. The applicant is the husband of the deceased who expired within a period of one and half years of the marriage. The mother of the deceased has lodged the complaint, stating therein that the present applicant was demanding a sum of Rs. 50,000/- and harassing the deceased with a view to coerce her to bring money from her parents. The deceased was treated cruelly. Hence she committed suicide by hanging at the residence of the applicant. 2. Perused the statements recorded during investigation. It has come on record that the deceased had informed the fact of demand of dowry/Rs. 50,000/- for purchase of a two wheeler by the applicant when she telephoned on the mobile No. 9767087793 recorded in the name of Mahadeo Pujari. The learned APP submits that in the event if the applicant is released on bail he would tamper the evidence and the witnesses. Having regard to the totality of the facts and circumstances, I do not find that the present case is a fit one for granting bail. In the result application is rejected. Needless to mention that the observations made above are only in the context of deciding the bail application. The same will not weigh the court dealing with the trial for any other purposes. (A. P. Deshpande, J.)