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.1408 OF 200 CRI.APPLICATION NO.1408 OF 200 CRI.APPLICATION NO.1408 OF 2009 Sou.Chhaya Vilas Sawant, .. Applicant Vs The State of Maharashtra, ... Respondent. Mr Dilip Bodke, for the applicant. Mrs.P.P.Shinde, APP, for the respondent. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE,J. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE,J. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE,J. DATE : 13/04/200 DATE : 13/04/200 DATE : 13/04/2009 PC: PC: PC: 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned APP for the respondent. 2. The applicant is seeking bail in C.R.No.56 of 2009 of Karad City police station, Karad, Dist-Satara. The said crime has been registered against the applicant and four others for having allegedly committed an offence punishable under sections 498-A, 306 r/w 34 of the IPC. 3. The applicant and four others have allegedly subjected the deceased Chhaya to cruelty, which allegedly drove her to commit suicide by consuming poison. There is no dispute that after the occurrence, the deceased made a dying declaration in which she stated that by mistake she consumed poison. She did not blame the accused persons. After her discharge from the hospital she was taken to her mother’s place by the complainant where she died after two days. I have perused the FIR and the other material placed on record. There is no specific allegation made against the present applicant. Moreover, all the other accused have been granted bail/anticipatory bail. The present applicant came to be arrested on 20.2.2009. The investigation, according to the learned APP, is almost over and the police propose to file chargesheet within two - three weeks from now. Keeping that in view and considering overall facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant this application for bail. Hence the following order. . The applicant is directed to be enlarged on bail in the sum of Rs.5,000/- with one or two sureties to make up the said amount, subject to condition that the applicant shall report to the concerned police station as and when called. . While granting this application, 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. . The application is disposed of. (D.B.BHOSALE, J.) (D.B.BHOSALE, J.) (D.B.BHOSALE, J.)