1 Appln 4185-10 Anand IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.4185 OF 2010 Ashok Laxman Kalaskar ..Applicant V/s. The State of Maharashtra ..Respondent Mr.H.S.Venegavkar, Advocate, for the Applicant Mrs.R.V.Newton, APP, for the Respondent - State CORAM : R.C.CHAVAN, J. DATE : 30TH NOVEMBER, 2010 P.C. . This is an application for bail by the applicant, who has been arrested along with his mother for having set his aunt on fire. Applicant's mother has been admitted to bail. The learned Counsel for the applicant submits that applicant's complicity in the burn injuries sustained by the victim is ruled out by statements of Mansoor Rashid Shaikh & Arunkumar alias Harnya Silbam Devar, who state that the applicant also accompanied them inside the house where the victim Vimal was 2 Appln 4185-10 lying in burnt condition. As rightly pointed out by the learned APP that this will have to await trial. Since applicant may have entered along with witnesses subsequently & what happened at the time of incident when victim had initially suffered burn injuries may not be known to this witness. The victim had stated earlier to her son Nitin that she had been set on fire by the applicant and his mother. The evidentiary value of this statement would have to be decided at the trial. The learned Counsel for the applicant states that since applicant's mother has also been admitted to bail for taking treatment to enable him to lookafter his mother, he too may be admitted to bail. There is no question of his being bailed out to look after her. 2. Criminal Application is rejected. (R.C.CHAVAN, J.)