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Girdhar Sagar and Anr. v. the State of Maharashtra

Bombay HC2 Feb 2015BA/80/2015

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What is this about?

This judgment grants bail to three accused charged under Section 306 IPC for abetting suicide. The court held that demanding loan repayment is debatable as abetment, noting the long gap between a prior suicide note and the act, and that the offence does not mandate life imprisonment.

What did the court decide?

Each applicant released on bail upon furnishing P.R. Bond of Rs. 30,000 with sureties and subject to standard conditions.

Girdhar Sagar and Anr. Vs the State of Maharashtra — Bail and Remand | Bombay HC (2015)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

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BAIL APPLICATION NO.66 OF 2015

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Mukesh Dipchand Jain ...Applicant
vs.
State of Maharashtra ...Respondent

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Mr. Mobin Solkar a/w. Tahera Qureshi, Advocate
for the Applicant.
Mrs. G.P. Mulekar, APP for the State.

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AND

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BAIL APPLICATION NO.99 OF 2015

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Nilesh Sarjuprasad Mali ...Applicant

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vs.

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State of Maharashtra ...Respondent

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Mr. M.P. Dalvi, Advocate for the Applicant.
Ms. A.T. Javeri, APP for the State.

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AND

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BAIL APPLICATION NO.80 OF 2015

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Girdhar Sagar and Another ...Applicants

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vs.

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State of Maharashtra ...Respondent

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Mr. Mobin Solkar h/f. N.P. Dalvi, Advocate for
the Applicants.

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Ms. A.T. Javeri, APP for the State.

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CORAM : P.D. KODE, J.

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DATE : FEBRUARY 02, 2015

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P.C.

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. By these applications respectively accused
No. 1, 5 and 3 in charge sheet submitted by Mahim
police station against them and one more accused
for commission of offence punishable under Section
306 read with 34 of Indian Penal Code, has prayed
for bail.

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2.The said police station has accordingly
charge sheeted the said accused upon the F.I.R.
lodged by one Saraswati, wife of the deceased Gopal
Mali on 27-07-2014 regarding her husband Gopal

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having committed suicide on 23-07-2013 i.e. about a
year prior to lodging of F.I.R. by hanging himself
in hotel Mahim Palace at Mahim.

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3.In nutshell, it is her case that her

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husband had taken loans from all the charge sheeted
accused and one more person and they were behind

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him for repayment. Her husband was not able to pay
back the loans due to high interest rate and
ultimately he committed suicide and said act of the
applicant and other co-accused threatening him for
repayment of loan had abetted his commission of
suicide.

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4.The learned APP opposed the application on
the count that the material collected during the
investigation having revealed of their being a
nexus in between the deceased committing suicide

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and demand of repayment of loan advanced by the
applicants. It is submitted that prior suicide note
to such effect has been collected supporting such

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inference. It is thus submitted that one life
having been lost due to such activity on the part
of the applicants, they are not entitled for bail.

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5.The learned counsel for the applicants

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press the prayer for bail on the count that it is
highly debatable that legitimate demand for return

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of loan can be said to be an act amounting to an
abetment of commission of such suicide. It is
alternatively submitted that at any rate the
offence is not exclusively punishable with
imprisonment for life and the applicants are having
no antecedents and the investigation in crime is
complete, the prayer be leniently considered.

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6.Though the perusal of the charge sheet

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undoubtedly reveals of the deceased having died due
to commission of suicide and earlier himself having
prepared suicide note about a year back implicating
the applicants and others, still it appears highly
debatable whether the legitimate demand for return
of money can always be construed as an act of
abetment for commission of suicide on such count.
Having regard to it and the investigation being

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complete, there being no proximity of time in
between earlier suicidal note and the date of

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commission of suicide, the offence being not
exclusively punishable with imprisonment for life,

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deserves discretion to be exercised in favour of
grant of bail.

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7. Resultantly, the application is allowed.

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8.Each of the applicant is hereby directed

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to be released on bail upon furnishing P.R. Bond in
sum of Rs. 30,000/- (Thirty Thousand) with one or
more sureties to make up like amount and subject to

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the conditions that they shall stay at the
addresses mentioned in the applications and shall
attend the investigating officer as and when
summoned by him and not to indulge in any activity
of tampering the prosecution evidence and/or not
indulging in any activity of coercing, threatening
and pressuring the prosecution witnesses.

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Applications stands disposed of.

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