1 1 1 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.752 OF 2009 1.Chirag Himmatlal Rawal .. 2.Himmatlal Shankarlal Rawal .. Applicants. Vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors. .. Respondents. Mr.Ashok Thorat for the applicants. Mr.K.V.Saste A.P.P. for the State. Mr.J.G.Reddy for respondent no.3. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. DATED : 27TH APRIL, 2009. DATED : 27TH APRIL, 2009. DATED : 27TH APRIL, 2009. P.C.: . Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned counsel for the complainant and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The applicants are anticipatory seeking bail in C.R.No.21 of 2009 of Dindoshi police station. The said crime has been registered against the applicants and others for having allegedly committed an offence punishable under sections 498-A of IPC. 3. The case of the prosecution is that the applicants subjected the complainant to harassment with a view to coercing her and her family members to meet unlawful demands of monies. The marriage of applicant no.1 and the complainant was solemnised on 23.1.2007. The complainant left the matrimonial home last on 7.11.2008 and thereafter she never returned. 2 2 2 The FIR came to be lodged on 20.1.2009. The allegations in the FIR are general in nature. The complainant and applicant no.1 were residing in Bombay. After she left the matrimonial home, for sometime she stayed with her Maternal Uncle and thereafter left for Satara and lodged the complaint at Satara. Having considered overall facts and circumstances of the case I am inclined to grant this application for anticipatory bail. Hence the following order: . In the event of arrest, the applicants be released on bail in the sum of Rs.5,000/- each with one or two sureties in the like amount subject to the conditions stipulated in sub-section (2) of section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Further, the applicants are directed to report to the concerned police station on every Wednesday and Saturday between 6 pm and 7 pm for a period of 90 days or till filing of the charge sheet, whichever is earlier. The application is disposed of. . 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. 3 3 3 (D.B.Bhosale, J.) (D.B.Bhosale, J.) (D.B.Bhosale, J.)