.{1}. 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 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.272 OF 2008 IN CRIMINAL APEAL NO.231 OF 2008 Mohan Ranganathan. ..Applicant. Versus The State of Maharashtra & Anr. ..Respondent. .. Mr.Satish Maneshinde, Adv. a/w. Ms.N.S.Nappinai, Adv. for the Applicant. Mr.H.J. Dedhia, APP, for the State. .. CORAM : S.B.MHASE AND CORAM : S.B.MHASE AND CORAM : S.B.MHASE AND SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,JJ. SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,JJ. SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,JJ. DATED : MARCH 18, 2008. DATED : MARCH 18, 2008. DATED : MARCH 18, 2008. P.C.:- P.C.:- P.C.:- 1. Heard the learned Advocate for the applicant and the learned APP for the State. 2. The applicant has been convicted under Section 302 of IPC. The applicant is now seeking bail. 3. The prosecution case is that the applicant used to ill-treat his wife Geeta and that on 12/13.6.2006 he has committed murder of his wife Geeta by throttling her. In the post-mortem abraded contusion at lower lip, subcutaneous contusion at manubrium sterni and greater cornur of hyoid bone fracture was seen and displaced. Cause of death was asphyxia due to throttling. 4. The incident has taken place in the matrimonial house. The evidence on record shows that the .{2}. applicant-accused was in the matrimonial house at the relevant time. The evidence of DW-1 Dr.Jyoti Kujur shows that the accused had given her call on telephone at 6:30 p.m. and requested her to come and see his wife Geeta who was not feeling well. DW-1 Dr.Jyoti has further stated that at about 10:35 p.m. the accused had again told her on telephone that his wife Geeta was not feeling well, so she immediately came to the house of the accused. On examination, she advised that Geeta should be rushed to the hospital. 5. So also, the evidence of PW-7 Rema Mohan, who is the daughter of the accused as well as the deceased, shows that the accused came home at 5:30 p.m. and thereafter her father was at home. Thus, it is seen that till about 10 p.m. Geeta was very much alive and thereafter she was taken to the Sitla Hospital where she was brought in dead condition. The post-mortem notes clearly show a case of homicidal death. Besides the applicant and his minor daughter, there was no one else present in the house. The evidence on record shows that the deceased Geeta made complaints against her husband, i.e. applicant, to her father PW-3 Rangnathan Chinnatambi as well as brother-in-law PW-4 Sundaram Gopal. This and the other evidence on record connects the applicant with the crime. Hence, we do not think that this is a fit case to grant bail. Application is rejected. .{3}. [SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.] [S.B.MHASE,J.] [SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.] [S.B.MHASE,J.] [SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.] [S.B.MHASE,J.]