1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRI.APPLICATION NO. 1728 OF 2009 Shri Vimalkumar Dayaram Manke (Roy) .. Applicant Vs State of Maharashtra .. Respondent Mr. A.Ramakrishna, Advocate for the Applicant. Mr. S.S.Pednekar, APP, for the Respondent. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. DATE : 16/06/2009 PC: 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned APP for the respondent. 2. The applicant is seeking bail in C.R.No.137 of 2008 of Ghoti Police Station, Dist-Nashik. The said crime has been registered against the applicant for having allegedly committed an offence punishable under sections 302,201,498(A), 504, 506 read with 34 of IPC. 3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the deceased Jyotsna was tortured physically and mentally for unlawful demands. Huge amount was spent over the marriage and even T 2 thereafter repeated demands of the applicant were satisfied by the parents of Jyotsna. When the alleged incident occurred, the applicant alone was in the house. She died of burn injuries and it is alleged that the applicant poured kerosene and set her on fire. It also appears from the order dated 9.3.2009 passed by the Addl.Sessions Judge, Nashik rejecting the application for bail, that the deceased made dying declaration in which she clearly implicated the accused as a person, who was responsible for setting her on fire. In my opinion, there is sufficient material on record to show the complicity of the applicant and hence this is not a fit case to enlarge him on bail. The application is rejected. While passing this order, I shall not be understood to have expressed any opinion on merits of the case and the trial Court shall deal with the case uninfluenced by the observations made in this order. Application is disposed of. (D. B. Bhosale, J.) 3