1 CA-3451.10 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE - CRIMINAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.3451 OF 2010 Sukhdev Govind Khavale .... Applicant Vs. The State of Maharashtra .... Respondent Shri Mahindra Deshmukh for the Applicant. Ms P.P. Shinde, APP, for the State. CORAM: R.C. CHAVAN, J. DATED: AUGUST 26, 2010 P.C: The applicant-husband of the victim seeks enlargement on bail on the ground that out of the three dying declarations, in the first two dying declarations the wife has stated that she caught fire on account of blast of stove on which she was cooking. In the third dying declaration, however, she has categorically stated that her husband took up the stove and poured kerosene on her body and set her on fire. According to the learned counsel for the applicant, this third dying declaration was a result of tutoring by the victim s parents. The police have recorded the 2 CA-3451.10 statements of the neighbours and the neighbours state that on the incidental evening they heard noise of quarrel between the applicant and his wife just before the victim was found burning. One of the neighbours has also stated that only after they banged the door, did the applicant opened the door. In view of this, case for release on bail is not made out. The application is rejected. (R.C. CHAVAN, J.)