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 CRI.APPLICATION NO. 3595 OF 2008 CRI.APPLICATION NO. 3595 OF 2008 CRI.APPLICATION NO. 3595 OF 2008 Shri Roshan Kesrinath Shirdhankar, Shri Kesrinath shamrao shirdhankar, Applicants. Vs The State of Maharashtra, Mrs S.A.Dhamale,for the applicants. Mr J.P.Yagnik, APP, for the respondent. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE,J. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE,J. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE,J. DATE : 17/11/2008 DATE : 17/11/2008 DATE : 17/11/2008 PC: PC: PC: 1. Heard Mrs.Dhamale, learned counsel for the applicants and Mr.Yagnik, learned APP, for the State. 2. The applicants are seeking anticipatory bail in C.R.No.I-439 of 2008 of Panchvati police station, Nashik. The said crime has been registered against the applicants and two others for having allegedly committed an offence punishable under sections 498-A,406,377,323,504,506 read with 34 of IPC. The offence has been registered against the applicants, his parents and his maternal aunt on the basis of an FIR lodged by the wife of applicant no.1 Harsha Shirdhankar. It is alleged that applicant no.1 forced Harsha to have unnatural sexual intercourse and when she refused she was harassed and illtreated by applicant no.1. It is further alleged that her ornaments were snatched by all the accused and they demanded Rs.1.5 lacs from her. I have perused the FIR and the other material placed on record. The complainant is a well educated woman and is presently working with Reliance. Having regard to overall facts and circumstances of the case, in my opinion, no custodial interrogation is necessary in the present case. Other two accused have already been granted anticipatory bail by the Sessions court. Hence, the following order. 3. In the event of arrest, the applicants to be released on bail in the sum of Rs.20,000/- each with one or two sureties to make up the said amount, subject to condition that they shall report to the concerned police station every alternate Saturday between 7 and 8 pm for a period of 90 days from the date of their formal arrest or till the chargesheet is filed, whichever is earlier. . 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 without being influenced by the observations made in this order. (D.B.BHOSALE, J.) (D.B.BHOSALE, J.) (D.B.BHOSALE, J.)