1 APPLN-731/11 lgc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.731 OF 2011 The State of Maharashtra : Applicant versus Baban Ganpat Bache & ors. : Respondents. Mr.P S Hingorani, APP for the Applicant/State. CORAM : NARESH H PATIL & K U CHANDIWAL, JJ DATE : 08TH AUGUST 2011 P.C. 1 Heard. Perused record. 2 Respondent No.4 was married to deceased Bhima before one year of the incident in question. The prosecution alleges that on account of ill-treatement meted out to deceased by the Respondents, she committed suicide by jumping in well. The body of deceased was sent to Government Hospital for post mortem. The post mortem report is at Exhibit 38. Medical officer ruled out poisoning. At the stage of conducting post mortem the medical officer was unable to give final cause of death as the body was decomposed. He found that there were no deductible mechanical injuries. 2 APPLN-731/11 3 Prosecution witnesses relating to deceased stated before Court that deceased was ill-treated and the Respondents had created circumstances wherein there was no choice left with the deceased but to cause harm to herself by committing suicide. 4 We have perused the evidence on record. We find that the prosecution evidence is lacking in firmly establishing that the Respondents were guilty of ill-treating the deceased in committing an offence under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code. Considering the circumstances emerging from the record, we are not convinced to accept the prosecution case that the Respondents abetted commission of suicide by deceased. The evidence on record was properly appreciated and the learned trial Judge reached findings which are reasonable and inconsonance with the evidence on record. No interference is warranted by this Court in the impugned judgment and order. Appeal is dismissed. Leave is refused. Consequently the application is dismissed. R & P be sent back immediately. (K U CHANDIWAL, J.) (NARESH H PATIL, J.)