Sachin Yallappa Bandpatte v. The State Of Maharashtra

Anand IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION BAIL APPLICATION NO. 50 OF 2024 Sachin Yallappa Bandpatte .Applicant Vs.

The State of Maharashtra .Respondent Mr. Ritesh Thobade a/w. Changdev S. Shingade i/b. Zubi A. Ansari, Advocate, for the Applicant Ms. M. H. Mhatre, APP, for the Respondent - State

CORAM

:

MADHAV J. JAMDAR, J.

DATE :

08.01.2024 P. C.

1.

Heard Mr. Thobde, learned counsel appearing for the Applicant and Ms. Mhatre, learned APP appearing for the Respondent - State.

2.

This is an Application fled under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, for regular bail. The relevant details are as under :- C. R. NO.

Date of Registration of F.I.R.

03.12.2023 Police Station Pandharpur City Police Station, Pandharpur Sections Applied 353, 332, 294, 143, 147, 149 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and 135 of the Maharashtra Police

Act, 1951 Date of Incident 02.12.2023 Date of Arrest 04.12.2023 3.

The Applicant is a transgender and the allegation against the Applicant is that the Applicant has harassed one devotee in the Shri Vitthal-Rukmini Mandir, Pandharpur. The allegation against the Applicant is that the Applicant has abused the devotee. The allegation is also that of the removal of clothes. 4.

Although the Charge-sheet is not fled, in the Application seeking remand itself it is stated that the investigation is complete.

5.

Accordingly, the Applicant can be enlarged on bail by imposing conditions. Hence, the following order: O R D E R (i) The Applicant - Mr. Sachin Yallappa Bandpatte in connection with C. R. No. 738 of 2023 registered with the Pandharpur City Police Station, Pandharpur shall be released on bail on his furnishing P. R. Bond in the sum of Rs. 5,000/- with one or two solvent sureties in the like amount; (ii) On being released on bail, the Applicant shall furnish his contact number and residential address to the Investigating Offcer and shall keep him/her updated, in case there is any change;

(iii) The Applicant shall report to the Pandharpur City

Police Station, Pandharpur once every week i. e. on every Sunday between 11.00 a. m. and 1.00 p. m. till the fling of the chargesheet; (iv) The Applicant shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him/her from disclosing the facts to Court or any Police Offcer. The Applicant shall not tamper with the evidence;

(v) The Applicant shall attend the trial regularly. The Applicant shall co-operate with the trial Court and shall not seek unnecessary adjournments.

6.

The Bail Application is disposed of.

(MADHAV J. JAMDAR, J.)