1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 4740 OF 2009 Vishnu Rameshwar Sonawane ...Applicant vs. The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent Mr.N.R. Bubna for the Applicant. Mrs.S.D. Shinde, APP for the State. Mr.Ajay S. Patil for the Original Complainant. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. DATED : NOVEMBER 27, 2009 P.C. :- 1 Heard Counsel for the applicant and APP for the State. 2 The applicant apprehends arrest in connection with an offence which is registered with Vadner Khakurdi Police Station, Malegaon vide C.R.No.I-93/2009 punishable under Sections 307, 498A read with 34 of the IPC. 2 3 Prosecution case is that the applicant along with two others poured kerosene on the complainant and was searching for match stick, at which point of time, the complainant managed to escape from the clutches of the applicant and saved herself and thereafter, complaint was lodged under Section 307, 498A read with 34 of the IPC. 4 Counsel for the applicant pointed out that though the alleged incident took place according to the complainant in the evening, FIR was lodged on the second day and therefore, there is a gross delay in filing the said complaint. It is submitted that the said complaint had been lodged by the complainant as a counter blast to the complaint which is filed by the present applicant against her. It is submitted that the complainant was staying with her parents and therefore, there was no possibility of the complainant coming to the house of the present applicant on the date of the said 3 incident. It is submitted that the other two accused viz. his mother and brother were granted anticipatory bail by the Sessions Court. 5 It is not possible to accept the submission made by the Counsel for the applicant. The allegation made against the present applicant who is the husband of the complainant are serious and therefore, this is not a fit case for grant of anticipatory bail. 6 Application for anticipatory bail is rejected. (V.M. KANADE, J.)