Bramha Vishnu Jadhav v. State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
Bail granted after more than two years in custody; accused No. 6 of eight accused; C.R. No. 657 of 2022, Wakad Police Station, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune; IPC Sections 302, 307, 326, 324, 323, 504, 506, 143, 147, 148, 149, 120-B read with 34; Section 7 Criminal Law Amendment Act; fatal chest stab attributed to co-accused Sumit and not the applicant; applicant alleged to have snatched the knife and assaulted the deceased on leg and back; quarrel triggered by deceased admonishing accused for encouraging a minor child to eat gutkha; charges not framed, trial not likely to conclude soon; Section 326 criminal antecedent held not by itself a bar to bail; P.R. bond Rs. 25,000/- with like sureties; condition barring entry into Wakad Police Station jurisdiction till trial concludes; monthly reporting on first Monday 11.00 a.m.-1.00 p.m.; M.S. Karnik, J.; Bombay High Court Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction; decided 23 September 2024; counsel Nagesh Khedkar and Prithviraj Deshmukh for applicant, S. G. Talhar APP for State.