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Arjun Sudam Mulane v. State of Maharashtra

Bombay HC7 Jan 2025BA/4367/2024

Case brief

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What is this about?

Regular bail allowed (Bombay HC, Bail Application No. 4367 of 2024) in abetment-of-suicide/dowry case (Ss. 306, 498-A, 323, 504, 506 IPC; Crime No. 217 of 2024, Dindori Police Station, Nashik Rural) arising from the pond suicide of the applicant's wife with her two minor sons on 26.4.2024; bail granted because statements of the Tantamukti Samiti President and another witness showed the co-accused (applicant's mother and brother) were harassing the deceased and the applicant, and the applicant had sought to live separately from them; P.R. bond Rs. 25,000 with one or two like sureties.

What did the court decide?

The applicant was directed to be released on bail in connection with Crime No. 217 of 2024 (Dindori Police Station, Nashik Rural) on executing a P.R. bond of Rs. 25,000 with one or two sureties in the like amount. ¶16

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What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the applicant, arrested for offences punishable under Sections 306, 498-A, 323, 504 and 506 IPC in Crime No. 217 of 2024 (Dindori Police Station, Nashik Rural), should be released on regular bail.

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Court's answer

After hearing learned counsel for the applicant and the learned A.P.P. for the Respondent-State, and considering the statements referred to, the Court was inclined to release the applicant on bail.

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Ratio / Principle

The statements of Dnyandev Namdev Jadhav (President of the Tantamukti Samiti) and Sudhakar Sampatrao Ghadwaje indicate that the co-accused in the crime, i.e., the mother and brother of the applicant, were harassing the deceased as well as the applicant.

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Key takeaways

A meeting had been called, in which the applicant expressed his desire to stay separately from his mother and brother as they were continuously harassing the deceased.ratio¶14

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Regular bail — Applicant Arjun Sudam Mulane, arrested in Crime No. 217 of 2024 registered at Dindori Police Station, Nashik Rural, for offences punishable under Sections 306, 498-A, 323, 504 and 506 IPC, following the death by suicide of his wife, who along with her two sons (aged about 9 and 6) jumped into a pond on 26.4.2024, allegedly fed up with dowry-related harassment by the applicant and other co-accused. Bail allowed: the statements of Dnyandev Namdev Jadhav, President of the Tantamukti Samiti, and Sudhakar Sampatrao Ghadwaje indicated that the co-accused — the applicant's mother and brother — were harassing the deceased as well as the applicant, and the applicant had expressed his desire to stay separately from them. The applicant was directed to be released on a P.R. bond of Rs. 25,000 with one or two sureties in the like amount.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION BAIL APPLICATION NO. 4367 OF 2024

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Arjun Sudam Mulane ...Applicant Versus The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent

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Ms. S. D. Khot i/by Mr Danish Patel, Advocate for the Applicant.

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Mrs. P. S. Rane, A.P.P. for the Respondent – State.

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P.C.:

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This is an application for regular bail.

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The applicant came to be arrested in Crime No.217 of 2024 registered at Dindori Police Station, Nashik Rural for the offences punishable under Sections 306, 498-A, 323, 504 & 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC).

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The deceased was the wife of the present applicant. According to the prosecution, the present applicant and the other co-accused were harassing the deceased on account of demand of dowry and the other issues. It is alleged that fed up with the said harassment on the date of incident which took place on 26.4.2024, the deceased along with her two sons aged about 9 years and 6 years had jumped into the pond and committed suicide.

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I have heard the learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.P.P. for the Respondent-State.

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The learned counsel for the applicant has drawn my attention to the statement of the Dnyandev Namdev Jadhav, who was the President of the Tantamukti Samiti and also the statement of the Sudhakar Sampatrao Ghadwaje. It appears from their statements that the co-accused in the present crime i.e., mother and brother of the present applicant were harassing to the deceased so also to the present applicant. A meeting was called and in the said meeting the present applicant had expressed his desire to stay separately from his mother and brother as they were continuously harassing the deceased. Considering the said statements, I am inclined to release the applicant on bail.

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ORDER

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(i) Criminal Bail Application is allowed;

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(ii) The applicant is directed to be released on bail in connection with Crime No.217 of 2024 registered at Dindori Police Station, Nashik Rural for the offences punishable under Sections 306, 498-A, 323, 504 & 506 of the IPC on executing P.R. Bond in the sum of Rs.25,000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount;

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(iii) The application is disposed of accordingly.

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Arjun Sudam Mulane v. State of Maharashtra

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