IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.446 OF 2009 Mangaldas Gangaram Khamgaonkar ...Applicant Vs. The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent --- Shri Prashant Bodake and Arun Das for Applicant Shri Rajesh More, APP for State ---- CORAM: V.M. KANADE J. DATED 12TH FEBRUARY, 2009 P.C. 1. Heard the learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the Applicant and the learned APP for the State. 2. The Applicant has been arrested in connection with an offence punishable under sections 498A, 306, 504 of the Indian Penal Code. 3. The Applicant was arrested on 9.1.2009. The two dying declarations have been recorded. In the first dying declaration, she had stated that while she was cooking food, accidently her gown caught fire and as a result of that, she received burn injuries. She did not blame any family members for the said incident. In the second dying declaration also she had stated that she had set herself on fire, because her husband did not give her adequate money for household expenses. 4. Taking into consideration the said two dying declarations, in my view, the Applicant deserves to be released on bail. In the second dying declaration, the deceased had stated that the applicant had tried his best to dissuade her from committing suicide. 5. The Applicant, therefore, be released on bail in a sum of Rs.5,000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. The Applicant shall report to the concerned police station once in a week till filing of the chargesheet and, thereafter, once in a month. 6. Application is disposed of. V.M. KANADE J.