Vijay Bhawanticharan Verma v. The State Of Maharashtra Through Pso, Ps, Gittikhadan, Nagpur

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO.386 OF 2026 Digitally signed by ARJUN VITTHAL KUDHEKAR Date:

2026.02.12 21:15:42 +0530

1. Nitin Arun Navgire

2. Dada Arun Navgire ...Applicants ARJUN VITTHAL KUDHEKAR

Versus

The State of Maharashtra

...Respondent

Mr. Shailesh Chavan i/b Milind Deshmukh, for the Applicants. Mr. S. M. Mangaonkar, APP, for the Respondent-State. P.S.I. Kashiraj Vitthal Jadhav, Baramati Taluka Police Station, Pune Rural, present.

CORAM:

MADHAV J. JAMDAR, J.

DATED:

12 FEBRUARY 2026 PC:- 1.

Heard Mr. Chavan, learned Counsel appearing for the Applicants and Mr. Mangaonkar, learned APP for the RespondentState of Maharashtra. 2.

By the present Anticipatory Bail Application filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the Applicants are seeking pre-arrest bail in connection with CR No.235 of 2025 registered with the Baramati Police Station, Pune Rural, for the offences punishable under Sections 115(2), 118(2),

189(2), 190, 191(2), 191(3), 351(2), 351(3) and 352 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

3.

It is the submission of Mr. Chavan, learned Counsel for the Applicants, that the Applicants are not involved in the crime and that the incident took place due to a dispute with respect to parking.

4.

Mr. Mangaonkar, learned APP, strongly opposes the Anticipatory Bail Application. He submits that the offence is very serious and, therefore, the Anticipatory Bail Application be rejected.

5.

Perusal of the record shows that the Charge-sheet has already been filed. The dispute arose due to the parking of a fourwheeler vehicle in the common space of the building. There are no other antecedents against the Applicant.

6.

Accordingly, the case is made out for grant of anticipatory bail. In view thereof, the following Order is passed:

O R D E R

(a) In the event of arrest of Applicant No.1 - Nitin Arun Navgire and Applicant No.2 - Dada Arun Navgire, in connection with CR No.235 of 2025 registered with the Baramati Police Station, Pune Rural, they be released on bail on their furnishing PR Bond in the sum of Rs.25,000/- each with one or two solvent sureties each in the like amount.

(b) The Applicants shall attend the concerned Police Station as and when necessary, and shall cooperate with the investigation.

(c) The Applicants shall furnish their cell phone numbers and residential addresses to the Investigating Officer and shall keep the same updated, in case of any change thereto.

(d) The Applicants 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 such a person from disclosing the facts to the Court or to any Police personnel.

(e) The Applicants shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence and shall not contact or influence the Complainant or any witness in any manner.

7.

The Anticipatory Bail Application is disposed of accordingly. [MADHAV J. JAMDAR, J.]