[-1-] IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLN.NO.1816 OF 2008 Sanjeev Bhalchandra Deshpande and Ors. ..Applicants Vs. The State of Maharashtra & Anr. ..Respondents ... Mr.Ashok Mundargi senior counsel with Mr.Aabad Ponda with Mr.Hitesh Jain with Mr.Subhash Jadhav and Mr.Daljeet Singh Bhatia i/b ALMT Legal for Applicants. Mr.S.S.Pednekar APP for the State ... CORAM: SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J. CORAM: SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J. CORAM: SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J. DATE : JULY 29, 2008 DATE : JULY 29, 2008 DATE : JULY 29, 2008 P.C. P.C. P.C. 1. Heard the learned advocate for the applicants and the learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The applicants are seeking anticipatory bail in CR No.90 of 2008 of City Police Station, Baramati. The said case is mainly under Section 306 r.w. 34 of IPC. 3. The applicant nos.1 and 2 were the directors of Piaggio Vehicles Pvt. Ltd. and applicant nos. 3 [-2-] to 5 are the officers working in the said company. The company had given the contract for running the canteen to the deceased Vazid Khan. The said contract was expired on 31.12.2006. Thereafter the said contract was extended orally. Vazid Khan committed suicide on 30.4.2008 by consuming poison. It is the prosecution case that Vazid Khan committed suicide as he had asked for advance of Rs.7 lakhs from the company by letter dated 14.3.2008. However, as the advance was not paid to Vazid Khan, he committed suicide on 30.4.2008. 4. As per the learned APP, the reason for Vazid Khan to commit suicide was that he had asked for advance of Rs. 7 lakhs from the company, however, as the advance was not given to him, he committed suicide. Looking to the reasons stated by the prosecution for Vazid Khan to commit suicide, I am of the opinion that the applicants cannot be said to be responsible for Vazid Khan for committing suicide. Moreover, though Vazid Khan committed suicide on 30.4.2008, the FIR was lodged by the wife of Vazid Khan on 25.5.2008, that is almost a month after the incident. In this view of the matter, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to [-3-] the applicants. 5. In the event of arrest, each of the applicant nos.1 to 5 i.e. applicant No.1-Sanjeev Bhalchandra Deshpande, applicant No.2-Rajeev Ramchandra Rokde, applicant No.3-Sunil Shankarba Surti, applicant No.4-Kishor Ramchandra Kenche and applicant no.5-Sanjeev Govind Darekar be released on bail in the sum of Rs.50,000/- (Rs.fifty thousand only) each with one or two sureties to make up the said amount. The applicants shall report to Baramati City police station for a period of eight days starting from 31.7.2008 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and thereafter as and when required. 6. Application is disposed of. [SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI, J.] [SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI, J.] [SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI, J.]