1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRI.APPLICATION NO.2554 OF 2009 Mr Imran Rahimatalai Shah .. Applicant Vs State of Maharashtra .. Respondent Mr. M.K.Kocharekar, Advocate for the Applicant. Mr. J.P.Yagnik, APP, for the Respondent. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. DATE : 22/06/2009 PC: 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned APP for the respondent. 2. The applicant is seeking bail in C.R.No.I-135 of 2008 of Bhiwandi City Police Station. The said crime has been registered against the applicant and four others for having allegedly committed an offence punishable under sections 498- A, 304(B) read with 34 of IPC. 3. I have perused the FIR. It is lodged by the mother of the deceased-Afroz. She committed suicide by hanging on 21.6.2009. The applicant came to be arrested on 22.6.2008. T 2 From perusal of the FIR, it appears that most of the allegations against the applicant and the other accused pertained to the period much prior to the alleged incident. Further, the allegations against the present applicant and the other accused are similar and all other accused have already been released on bail. According to the complainant, on 21.6.2008 at about 8 am, the deceased had called the complainant and informed her that the applicant and the other accused were harassing her and she wanted to go back to the complainant’s house. It has also come on record through the statements of one of the neighbours-Shakila Ansari, who has stated that there was quarrel between the applicant and the deceased over the preparation of food. Shakila Ansari has also stated that the deceased used to demand separate residence, which the applicant never agreed. Having regard to the FIR and the other material placed before the court and considering that the applicant came to be arrested in June, 2008 , and that the trial is likely to take long time, in my opinion, continued detention of the applicant is not necessary. Hence the following order. The applicant is directed to be enlarged on bail in the sum of Rs.5,000/- with one or two sureties to make up the said amount, subject to condition that the applicant shall report to the concerned police station on first Saturday of 3 every month between 6 and 7 pm till conclusion of the trial. 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.)