Kapil Suresh Taak v. the State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
regular bail; Section 439 CrPC; POCSO Act ss.4 and 8; IPC ss.377 363 343 289 323 324 504 506 143 145 149; no sexual intent on record; physical and mental torture of minor victims; victims treated as thieves; charge sheet filed; over three years in custody; arrested 1 May 2021; Crime No.305 of 2021; Pimpri Police Station Pimpri Chinchwad Pune; P.R. Bond Rs. 50,000; fortnightly police reporting; bail cancellation liberty to State; MPID Act s.3 recited in operative order; Kapil Suresh Taak; Anil S. Kilor J.; Bombay High Court 2024.
What did the court decide?
Bail allowed: applicant to be released in Crime No.305/2021 on furnishing a P.R. Bond of Rs. 50,000 with one solvent surety in the like amount; conditions - attendance at Pimpri Police Station on the 1st and 16th of every month until conclusion of trial; no inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts and no tampering with evidence; regular attendance at trial unless exempted by the Trial Court; liberty reserved to the State to seek cancellation of bail if the applicant commits a similar offence.