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. 12 OF 2009 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 12 OF 2009 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 12 OF 2009 Atish Baban Thorat ...Applicant vs. The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent Mr.V.V. Purwant for the Applicant. Mr.S.R. Shinde, APP for the State. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. DATED : FEBRUARY 3, 2009 DATED : FEBRUARY 3, 2009 DATED : FEBRUARY 3, 2009 P.C. :- P.C. :- P.C. :- 1. Heard Counsel for the applicant and APP for the State. 2. The applicant apprehends arrest in connection with C.R.No.177/2008 registered with Barshi City Police Station, Solapur, for an offence punishable under Sections 306 of the IPC. 3. It is alleged that one Noorjahan had eloped with one of the accused and was staying with him for about three month. She had lodged the complaint against her parents that they had given threats to her. Thereafter, the said Noorjahan was kept with her maternal uncle and - 2 - from that place, she was taken to the house by her father where she committed suicide. A complaint was filed by the father of the deceased alleging that the present applicant and other accused had given threats to her that she should get married to one Vinod Gaikwad and when her father had gone to the police station to lodge the complaint, she committed suicide. 4. The record indicates that Noorjahan herself had filed the complaint against her parents and it appears that her parents were not in favour of Noorjahan getting married with Vinod Gaikwad. The other accused have been granted anticipatory bail. There is no material on record to indicate that the applicant had instigated or abetted Noorjahan when she committed suicide by setting herself on fire in her parents room. Taking into consideration these circumstances, in my view, this is a fit case for grant of anticipatory bail. 5. The applicant, in the event of his arrest in C.R.No.177/2008 for the offences punishable under Section 306 of the IPC registered with Barshi City - 3 - Police Station, Solapur, be released on bail in the sum of Rs.5000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. The applicant shall report to the police as and when called. 6. The application is disposed of. (V.M. KANADE, J.) (V.M. KANADE, J.) (V.M. KANADE, J.)