1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1738 OF 2010 Mr.Pawankumar Savarmal Agarwal & Anr. )..Applicants Vs. The State of Maharashtra )..Respondents ---- Mr. Shekhar A. Ingawale for the applicants. Mr.Y. S. Shinde APP for the State. ---- Coram : R.S.MOHITE,J Date : 7th April, 2010 PC 1 This is an application for grant of anticipatory bail. The applicants are shown as accused in C.R.No.191/2009 registered by the RCF Police Station, Mumbai for alleged offences under Sections 498-A, 306 read with 34 of IPC. The present applicants are brother-in-law and sister-in-law of the deceased Kiran who committed suicide by hanging herself. On perusal of the FIR which has been lodged by the father Rajendrakumar Agarwal immediately after the offence on 24.12.2009 itself indicates long history of demands. In so far as present applicants are concerned, the applicant no.1 was arrested in some crime. Hence in order to raise bail amount, deceased was persuaded to hypothecate the ornaments given by her father. Later on after the applicant no.1 was released, pressure was again put on the deceased to release the hypothecated ornaments. The FIR indicates that both these 2 applicants were mentally and physically torturing the deceased and ultimately deceased committed suicide on 24.12.2009. The offence is a serious offence. No special circumstance is made out for grant of anticipatory bail. Hence, application is rejected. (R.S.MOHITE,J) 3