1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1959 OF 2010 Mr.Shiban Mohammed Iqbal Momin & Anr. )..Applicants Vs. The State of Maharashtra )..Respondent ---- Mr. P. M. Pradhan for the applicants. Smt. A.A.Mane APP for the State. ---- Coram : R.S.MOHITE,J Date : 5th May, 2010 PC 1 This is an application for grant of bail. The applicants are shown as accused in C.R.No.I-25/2009 registered by the Bhiwandi Town Police station for alleged offences under Sections 304(B), 406, 498-A, 323, 504 & 506 read with 34 of IPC. The deceased is one Afreen. She was a wife of applicant no.1 and daughter-in-law of applicant no.2. Her marriage took place with the applicant no.1 on 20.4.2006. Afreen committed suicide on 23.1.2009. The complaint has immediately been lodged by her father on 24.1.2009. On perusing the said complaint, it is found that the father has referred to history of demands. Three months after the marriage, applicant no.2 informed the father of Shirin that he wanted Rs.50,000/- for the marriage of his daughter. This amount was given by the father of Afreen. One year after the marriage, Afreen came home and informed her parents that her in-laws wanted Rs.7,50,000/- for starting a power loom. He stated that he did not have such money. In the month of Ramzan Afreen came home and requested her father for some money as her husband wanted to start some cloth business. Her mother without asking the 2 complainant-father gave her Rs.20,000/- and Afreen went away. On 19.1.2009 complainant brother’s wife Najma met Afreen and Afreen told that she was being harassed by her in- laws and beaten by her husband who was also threatening to give her divorce. On 20.1.2009 at that time, Afreen’s mother-in-law chasticised them for not giving Rs. 7,50,000/- as demanded. The present applicants told them that if money was not given, he would divorce Afreen. On 21.1.2009 the applicant no.1 beat Afreen and this incident was narrated by her to her parents by going to her paternal house. In such circumstances, she committed suicide on 23.1.2009. The facts as narrated, prima facie attract section 304-B of the IPC which is the serious offence punishable with life imprisonment. Not a fit case for grant of bail. Rejected. (R.S.MOHITE,J) 3