1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUD ICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 133/2010 [RAMESHWAR @ RAMRAO TUKARAM NAGE AND OTHERS VS. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA] ..................................................................................................................................................................... Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's order of directions and Registrar's orders ..................................................................................................................................................................... Mr.C.A.Joshi, Advocate, for the applicants Mr.Adgokar, APP for Respondent-State .......... CORAM : A.P.BHANGALE, J. DATED : JANUARY 29, 2010. Heard. The applicants are apprehending their arrest in connection with Crime No. 15/2010, registered at Baarshi Takli Police Station, distt. Akola, under Sections 498-A, 304-B, 306 r/w 34 of I.P.C. 3. Learned APP objected grant of anticipatory bail on the ground that investigation is at its inception in respect of serious accusations and the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Akola, by order dated 16.1.2010 was pleased to reject the plea for bail by these applicants by Misc. Cri. Application No. 21/2010. 4. It is alleged that deceased was in her parental home on 7.1.2010. She had married with applicant Rameshwar @ Ramrao Nage on 26.5.2009 and since then the accused were ill-treating her for demand of money. It is also stated that she had received a phone call from her husband before she set her ablaze and committed suicide and died as a result of 100% burn injuries. 2 5. Under these circumstances, I think the applicants, particularly applicant nos. 2 & 3 may be granted benefit of conditional anticipatory bail order while applicant no.1 shall surrender before the remand court concerned or I.O concerned, in order to cooperate with the investigation. Hence, the following order is passed. 6. Prayer of applicant No.1 Rameshwar Nage for anticipatory bail is rejected. However, it is made clear that he may surrender before the Investigating Officer in order to cooperate with the investigation and after he surrendered, the Investigating Officer may put him under arrest and apply for appropriate remand order. The applicant may apply before the regular Court with plea for bail which shall be considered by regular Court on merits in accordance with law. 7. Prayer of applicant Nos. 2 & 3 is, however, granted, subject to certain conditions imposed against them as follows; In the event of their arrest by Barshi Takli Police Station, Distt. Akola, in connection with Crime No. 5/2010, the Station House Officer or Investigating Officer concerned to release the applicants upon executing P.R.Bond in the sum of Rs. 25,000/- with one or more solvent sureties to be provided by each of them, provided further that applicant shall attend the Investigating Officer as and when required. The applicants shall inform their fixed addresses with their phone/cell number, if any, to the Investigating Officer concerned and they shall not 3 tamper with the prosecution evidence in any manner. They shall not commit any crime while on bail. The benefit of anticipatory bail shall last until charge is filed in the case. Thereafter the applicant to apply for bail on merits in the trial Court. Application stands disposed of. Hamdast allowed. JUDGE Rvjalit