Dr Manohar Champtrao Pohekar v. The State Of Maharashtra
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
by KANCHAN VINOD MAYEKAR Date:
2025.05.09 20:16:17 +0530 KANCHAN VINOD MAYEKAR CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 1076 OF 2025 DR. MANOHAR CHAMPTRAO POHEKAR ..... APPLICANT
VERSUS
STATE OF MAHARASHTRA ..... RESPONDENT Adv. Shrikant Gadade a/w. Adv. Changdev Shingade for the Applicant. Mr. Ajay S. Patil, A.P.P. for the State.
Mr. Samadhan Chavan, P.I., Sarkarwada Police Station, Nashik City present.
CORAM : RAJESH S. PATIL, J.
DATE : 9th MAY, 2025 P.C. :- This application is filed for pre-arrest bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Crime No. 66/2025 dated 26th February, 2025 registered with Sarkarwada Police Station, for the offence punishable under Sections 4/25 of the Arms Act and Sections 339, 338, 336(2), 335, 318(4) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
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Based on the complaint, an FIR has been lodged. The role of the present applicants is mentioned in the said FIR. 3.
The learned A.P.P. submits that the custody of the present
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ORDER
(a) The anticipatory bail application is allowed. (b) In the event of arrest in connection with Crime No. 66/2025 dated 26th February, 2025 registered with Sarkarwada Police Station, for the offence punishable under Sections 4/25 of the Arms Act and Sections 339, 338, 336(2), 335, 318(4) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the applicant shall be released on bail, on furnishing P.R. bonds to the extent of Rs.30,000/- with one or more sureties of the like amount. (c) The applicant shall co-operate with the investigation and attend and meet the Investigating Officer of the concerned Police Station on 14th May, 2025 and 15th May, 2025 between 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and thereafter as and when called.
(d) The applicant should not directly or indirectly
3/3 contact the first informant in any form whatsoever. (e) The applicant 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 further, the applicants shall not tamper with the evidence in any manner whatsoever.
(f) The applicant shall furnish details of his residential addresses, contact numbers and e-mail addresses to the Investigating Officer.
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Needless to say, violation of any of the aforesaid conditions would make the applicant liable to face proceedings for cancellation of anticipatory bail. It is clarified that the observations made in this order are limited to the question of grant of anticipatory bail to the applicant in the present application, and that the trial Court shall proceed further, without being influenced by the observations made in this order.
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The anticipatory bail application is disposed of. [RAJESH S. PATIL, J.]