1 Appln 5442-10 Anand IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.5442 OF 2010 Laxmi Dilip Madane & anr. ..Applicants V/s. The State of Maharashtra ..Respondent Mr.J.D.Mane, Advocate, for the Applicants Mr.J.P.Kharge, APP, for the Respondent - State CORAM : R.C.CHAVAN, J. DATE : 15TH DECEMBER, 2010 P.C. . Heard the learned Counsel for the respective parties. 2. This is an application for anticipatory bail by a step mother & her mother i.e.step mother's mother in connection with death of step daughter aged four years old by drowning. Applicant No.1 had taken the victim to her father's village. The victim was found in a well about a Km away from the house of applicant No.1. The first informant 2 Appln 5442-10 i.e. natural mother of the victim states that applicant had been illtreating her in order to coerce her to leave her husband's house. In this background, an offence has been registered against the applicant. Considering nature of allegations made, applicants are not entitled to anticipatory bail. 3. Criminal Application is rejected. (R.C.CHAVAN, J.)