Farooq Rahim Khan And ANR v. State Of Maharashtra

2025:BHC-AS:19768 Diksha Rane 28 ABA 1009-2025.doc

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 1009/2025 FAROOQ RAHIM KHAN AND ORS ..APPLICANTS VS.

STATE OF MAHARASHTRA ..RESPONDENT ------------ Adv. A. M. Saraogi for the applicants.

Mr. A. A. Naik, APP for the State.

PSI S. T. Gholap, Goregaon Police Station.

------------ CORAM : RAJESH S. PATIL, J.

DATE : APRIL 29, 2025.

P.C. :

1.

This application is filed under Section 482 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for seeking pre-arrest bail in connection with the First Information Report (FIR) No.207/2025 registered with the Goregaon Police Station, for the offence punishable under Sections 118(2), 118(1), 74, 115(2), 3(5) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. Based on the complaint, an FIR has been lodged.

2.

I have heard the learned counsel for the applicants and the learned APP for the State. The learned APP, on instructions of the IO

Diksha Rane 28 ABA 1009-2025.doc submits that as of today, the custody of the applicants is not necessary.

3.

Considering the nature of the injury and that there is no criminal antecedents reported against the applicants, a case is made out to grant pre-arrest bail to the applicants. Hence, the following order.

ORDER

(a) The anticipatory bail application is allowed. (b) In the event of arrest in connection with FIR No.207/2025 registered with the Goregaon Police Station, the applicants shall be released on bail, on furnishing P.R. bonds to the extent of Rs.30,000/- each with one or two sureties each of the like amount. (c) The applicants shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with facts of case so as to dissuade him from disclosing the facts to Court or any Police Officer and shall not tamper with evidence. (d) The applicants shall furnish details of their residential addresses, contact numbers and email addresses to the Investigating Officer.

Diksha Rane 28 ABA 1009-2025.doc (e) The applicants shall attend the concerned police station and meet the IO in every week on Monday's between 11.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. till the filing of the charge-sheet.

4.

Needless to say that violation of any of the aforesaid conditions would make the applicants liable to face proceedings for cancellation of this anticipatory bail. It is also clarified that the observations made in this order are limited to the question of grant of anticipatory bail to the applicants in the present application and that the trial Court shall proceed further, without being influenced by the observations made in this order.

5.

The anticipatory bail application is disposed of. (RAJESH S. PATIL, J.) Signed by: Diksha Rane Designation: PS To Honourable Judge Date: 30/04/2025 20:39:58