1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.3493 OF 2010 Gangasing Saibarasing Chitodiya .... Applicant Vs. The State of Maharashtra .... Respondent Mr. Rameshwar Gite, Advocate for applicant. Mr. Y.M. Nakhawa, APP for State. Coram : Smt. R.P. SondurBaldota, J. Date : 24th August, 2010 P.C. 1. The applicant apprehends his arrest in C.R.No. 339 of 2010 for the offence punishable under Section 498-A, 323, 406 read with 34 Indian Penal Code registered with Panchavati Police Station, Nashik. The complainant is the wife of nephew of the applicant. He claims that was only responsible in getting the marriage arranged and beyond that, has had no role to play, since he resides at a different place i.e. at Kusgaon Khurd, Tahsil Maval, District Pune. 2. Perusal of the complaint shows that there is specific allegation made against the applicant that he used to visit Nashik and at 2 his instance, the husband of the complainant used to harass her for dowry. There is also specific allegation made in the complaint that the applicant and his nephew had forcibly taken away the gold and silver ornaments of the complainant and further threatened her to bring a sum of Rs.1.00 lac, if she desired to cohabit with the husband. 3. I have perused the Police papers. The statements recorded by the Police of the neighbours support the allegations made against the applicant. The neighbours had apparently tried to intervene in the matter when the ornaments were being taken away. But they had been asked by the applicant to mind their own business. In these circumstances, in my opinion, this is not a fit case for grant of anticipatory bail. The application, is therefore rejected. (Smt. R.P. SondurBaldota, J) (Smt. R.P. SondurBaldota, J)