1 1 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1171 OF 2009 Dr.Sachin Deochand Pawar .. Applicant. Vs. State of Maharashtra .. Respondent. Mr.Sandeep K.Shinde for the applicant. Ms.S.D.Shinde A.P.P. for the State. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. DATED : 6TH APRIL, 2009. DATED : 6TH APRIL, 2009. DATED : 6TH APRIL, 2009. P.C.: . Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The applicant is seeking anticipatory bail in C.R.No.29 of 2009 of Manmad police station. The said crime has been registered against the applicant for having allegedly committed an offence punishable under section 306 of the IPC. 3. It is the case of prosecution that the deceased - Nitin Salunke was a pygmy agent, working for Manmad Urban Co-operative Bank, Manmad, through whom the applicant had opened an account and on its maturity he had received Rupees One lakh and odd amount. Thereafter Nitin Salunke had approached the applicant and requested him to issue a cheque of the 2 2 2 maturity amount in his favour, stating that he would invest the said amount in fixed deposit. It appears that the deceased wanted to achieve particular target of fixed deposits. Accordingly, the cheque was issued by the applicant in favour of the deceased - Nitin Salunke. In turn, Nitin Salunkhe handed over a fixed deposit receipt which ultimately transpired to be false and bogus document. The deceased - Nitin Salunke somehow paid that entire amount to the applicant on 11th February, 2009. It appears that deceased - Nitin Salunke thereafter on 16.2.2009 killed his wife by strangulation and committed suicide by pouring kerosene and setting himself on fire. In his dying declaration he mentioned that the applicant used to blackmail him and, therefore, he comitted suicide. Having considered overall facts and circumstances of the case and considering that prior to the incident of suicide, the deceased - Nitin Salunke had cheated the applicant, I am inclined to grant this application for anticipatory bail. I am satisfied that no custodial interrogation is necessary in the present case, and the ends of justice would be met if directions are issued to the applicant to make himself available for interrogation. Hence I pass the following order: . In the event of arrest, the applicant be 3 3 3 released on bail in the sum of Rs.25,000/- with one or two sureties to make up the said amount subject to condition that the applicant shall report to the concerned police station on every alternate day for a period of 15 days between 10 am and 12 noon and thereafter on every Sunday between 10 am and 12 noon till filing of the charge-sheet. . 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. (D.B.Bhosale, J.) (D.B.Bhosale, J.) (D.B.Bhosale, J.)