1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRI.APPLICATION NO.2817 OF 2009 1. Pandharinath Bhagwan Girigosavi, 2. Rukmini Pandharinath Girigosavi, .. Applicants Vs State of Maharashtra .. Respondent Mr.J.D.Mane, Advocate for the Applicants. Mr. J.P.Yagniki, APP, for the Respondent. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. DATE : 01/07/2009 PC: 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicants and learned APP for the respondent. 2. The applicants are seeking bail in C.R.No.212 of 2008 of .Pandharpur Taluka Police Station. The crime has been registered against the applicants for having allegedly committed an offence punishable under sections 306, 398(A) read with 34 of IPC. 3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the present T 2 applicant and two others subjected the deceased- Archana @ Padma to harassment with a view to coercing her to fulfill their illegal demand of monies and articles, which drove her to commit suicide. I perused the FIR and the other material placed before the court. The allegations against all the accused are similar. The allegations in the FIR show that there was consistent and persistent demand by all the accused of monies and articles. The co-accused-Shankar, the son of the present applicants, has already been released on bail. The learned counsel for the applicant submits that there is absolutely no difference between the role attributed to him and to the present applicants. He further submits that applicant no.1 is 65 years old while applicant no.2 is a woman and they are in jail since 24.4.2008. He submits that trial is likely to take long time. Having considered overall facts and circumstances of the case and the submissions of the learned counsel for the applicants, I am inclined to enlarge them on bail. Hence, the following order. The applicants- Pandharinath Bhagwan Girigosavi and Rukmini Pandharinath Girigosavi - are directed to be enlarged on bail in the sum of Rs.10,000/- each with one or two sureties to make up the said amount, subject to the condition that the applicants shall report to the concerned police station as 3 and when called. Trial is expedited. While passing this order I shall not be understood to have expressed any opinion on merits of the case and the trial Court shall deal with the case uninfluenced by the observations made in this order. Application is disposed of. (D. B. Bhosale, J.)