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. 1221 OF 2007 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1221 OF 2007 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1221 OF 2007 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1166 OF 2007 Santoshkumar Ramnarayan Gupta .... Applicant versus State of Maharashtra ...... Respondent. Mr. K.S.Patil i/b S.P.Borade for applicant. Mrs. P.P.Shinde APP for State. CORAM; A.P. DESHPANDE, J. CORAM; A.P. DESHPANDE, J. CORAM; A.P. DESHPANDE, J. DATED; 27TH FEBRUARY, 2008 DATED; 27TH FEBRUARY, 2008 DATED; 27TH FEBRUARY, 2008 P.C.; P.C.; P.C.; 1. The appeal filed by the applicant has been admitted. The applicant is accused no.1, who has been convicted for an offence punishable under sections 498-A and 306 of IPC and has been sentenced to suffer R.I. for five years for offence under section 306 of IPC whereas for offence under section 498-A of IPC, he has been sentenced to suffer Two years R.I. The wife of the applicant, according to the prosecution, committed suicide under the running train. 2. The learned counsl for the applicant submits that the applicant was on bail during the trial and has not misused the same. The applicant is in custody for about six months i.e. from the date of the judgment till day. Perusal of the evidence of the father of the deceased reveals that he was unaware of any dowry demand and the evidence of the mother shows that the accused had told the deceased that had he married another girl he would have received Rs. one lakh whereas the father of the deceased had only paid Rs.50,000/-. The learned counsel for the applicant submits that said evidence is an improvement in the original case of the prosecution. The said statement does not find place in the statement of the mother recorded by police and the cotradictions has been brought on record. 3. Perused the judgment. In my opinion it is a fit case for grant of bail. In the result, I direct that the applicant be released on bail in the same terms and conditions on which he was released during the trial on executing fresh bail bond. Application accordingly disposed of. ....