Amol Baban Pise v. State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail; pre-arrest bail; Section 482 BNSS; BNS 2023 Sections 64(2)(m), 70(1), 61, 55, 308(2), 308(5), 3(5); sexual assault; blackmail by threatening to make photographs viral; consensual relationship plea; custodial interrogation opposed; charge-sheet filed before interim protection; investigation completed; stringent conditions; exclusion from Taluka Baramati District Pune; monthly reporting to police station; P.R. Bond Rs.50,000; C.R. 83/2025 Malegaon Police Station Pune Rural; ABA 1794/2025, ABA 1456/2025, ABA 1465/2025, ABA 1800/2025; Amol Baban Pise; Anil Shivaji Gunvare; Ganesh Sarjerao Pawar; Mahendra Dattatray Khaire; Madhav J. Jamdar; Bombay High Court Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory (pre-arrest) bail granted to all four Applicants — Amol Baban Pise (ABA/1794/2025, Accused No.6), Anil Shivaji Gunvare (ABA/1456/2025, Accused No.2), Ganesh Sarjerao Pawar (ABA/1465/2025, Accused No.1) and Mahendra Dattatray Khaire (ABA/1800/2025, Accused No.5) — in the event of arrest in C.R. No.83 of 2025, on furnishing a P.R. Bond of Rs.50,000/- each with one or two solvent sureties in the like amount, subject to: exclusion from Taluka-Baramati, District Pune except for reporting to the Investigating Officer and attending trial; monthly reporting on the First Sunday (11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.) at the police stations charted in Paragraph 11 with the concerned Police Inspector informing the Investigating Officer; furnishing and updating cellphone numbers and residential addresses to the Investigating Officer; no inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the case; no tampering with prosecution evidence and no contacting or influencing the Complainant or witnesses; and no departure from India without prior permission of the Court. Applications disposed of accordingly.