Gunwanti Devraj Jain v. The State Of Maharashtra

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 1118 OF 2017 Smt. Gunwanti Devraj Jain ... Applicant V/s.

The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent ----- Mr. Satyam Dubey for the Applicant.

Mrs. Rutuja Ambekar, APP for the Respondent/State. CORAM : A.S.GADKARI, J.

DATE : 12th FEBRUARY, 2018 P.C.:

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By an Order dated 30.06.2017, the Applicant was granted interim relief. The Applicant is the mother-in-law of the first informant. The allegation against the Applicant is that she along with other family members including the husband of the first informant caused cruelty to the first informant and demanded dowry from her. The record indicates that the husband and other inlaws of the first informant have been released on pre-arrest bail by the Sessions Court.

In view of the above and in view of the ratio laid down by the Supreme Court in the case of Arnesh Kumar v/s. State of Bihar, reported in AIR 2014 Supreme Court, 2756, the Applicants are entitled to be protected by pre-arrest bail.

Sneha Chavan 1/2

17 aba 1118-17=.doc In view of thereof, interim relief granted by Order dated 30.06.2017 is hereby confirmed.

Application is allowed in the aforesaid terms. (A.S.GADKARI, J.) Sneha Chavan 2/2