Tukaram Machindra Vikhe v. The State Of Maharashtra
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY
BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 193 OF 2015 Tukaram Machindra Vikhe APPLICANT Age-35 years, Occ- Agriculture R/o Sonvihir, Taluka-Shevgaon, District - Ahmednagar
VERSUS
The State of Maharashtra RESPONDENT .......
Mr. Niteen V. Gaware, Advocate for the applicant Mr. N. B. Patil, APP for respondent State .......
[CORAM : T.V.NALAWADE, J.] DATE: 2 nd MARCH, 2015 ORDER:
1.
The application is filed for bail. Both the sides are heard. This Court has perused the papers of investigation. 2.
The crime is registered on the basis of a report given by the mother of the deceased. The deceased was given in marriage to the applicant in the year 2009. The deceased has left behind one issue. Allegations are that after marriage, the husband and his relatives started asking the deceased to bring Rs. 2 lac as they wanted to purchase compressor for their tractor. As there was ill-treatment given to the deceased, an amount of Rs.50,000/- was given. The husband and his relatives were not
{2} criapln193-15 satisfied with said amount and they started another demand of Rs.1 lac for purchasing compressor machine for second tractor. This demand was going on for about one year. Allegations are made that the husband and his relatives virtually starved the deceased and ultimately on 24th December, 2014, she committed suicide by jumping into a well.
3.
This Court has perused the Postmortem report and other material collected by the police. In view of nature of allegations and as it is not certain as to how much time will be required for the disposal of the case, this Court holds that it is not desirable to keep the applicant behind bars. A statement is made by the learned advocate for the applicant that his parents have surrendered before the police, after rejection of their application for anticipatory bail.
4.
In the result, the application is allowed. The applicant be released on bail on his furnishing PR and SB of Rs.15,000/-. The applicant not to tamper with the prosecution witnesses and not to commit similar offence. He shall not enter into the village of the complainant till disposal of the case.
[T.V.NALAWADE, J.] drp/A15/criapln193-15