Prem Piraji Ragde and Others vs the State of Maharashtra — Bombay HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Prem Piraji Ragde and Others vs the State of Maharashtra — Bombay HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Interim anticipatory-bail protection confined to Applicant No.1/Prem Piraji Ragde till the returnable date: in the event of arrest in Crime No.401/2025, release on P.R. bond of Rs.50,000/- with two solvent sureties in the like amount, conditional on attending the Investigating Officer at Parbhani Gramin Police Station from 17th to 20th November 2025 (11:00 am to 01:00 pm) and not tampering with evidence; application not pressed by Applicant Nos. 2 to 4; Investigating Officer to make investigation papers available and learned APP to produce photocopy of the case papers of FIR No.400/2025; matter stood over to 02.12.2025.

Issue for consideration

Whether Applicant No.1/Prem Piraji Ragde is entitled to protection (anticipatory bail), given his plea that he was present in the Bajaj Finance Office at the time of the incident and was falsely implicated only on account of previous enmity, which plea was not considered by the Sessions Court. +1 more

Court's answer

Interim protection was extended only to Applicant No.1/Prem Piraji Ragde till the returnable date, because his specific plea (presence at the Bajaj Finance Office at the time of the incident and false implication on account of previous enmity) was taken in the bail application but was not even considered by the Sessions Court.

Ratio / Principle

The Court was not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to Applicant Nos. 2 to 4, whereupon the learned Counsel for the Applicants did not press the application insofar as Applicant Nos. 2 to 4 are concerned.

Key takeaways

In the event of arrest of Applicant No.1 in connection with Crime No.401/2025 (Parbhani Gramin Police Station, District Parbhani), he is to be released on bail on furnishing a P.R. bond of Rs.50,000/- with two solvent sureties in the like amount, subject to conditions including attendance before the Investigating Officer from 17th to 20th November 2025 between 11:00 am and 01:00 pm.ratio¶¶16

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Anticipatory Bail — Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench (Mehroz K. Pathan, J.), 13 November 2025 — ABA No. 1980 of 2025, Prem Piraji Ragde and Others v. State of Maharashtra — On hearing, the Court was not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to Applicant Nos. 2 to 4, and their application was not pressed; the application thus survived only for Applicant No.1. Noting that Applicant No.1's specific plea — that he was present in the Bajaj Finance Office at the time of the incident and was falsely implicated only on account of previous enmity — was taken in the bail application but was not even considered by the Sessions Court, the Court extended protection to Applicant No.1 alone till the returnable date: in the event of arrest in Crime No.401/2025 (Parbhani Gramin Police Station, District Parbhani), release on P.R. bond of Rs.50,000/- with two solvent sureties in the like amount, subject to attendance before the Investigating Officer from 17th to 20th November 2025 (11:00 am–01:00 pm) and non-tampering with evidence. Investigation papers to be made available to the Court; photocopy of the case papers of FIR No.400/2025 to be produced by the learned APP; matter stood over to 02.12.2025. Order is interlocutory; final adjudication reserved.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

BENCH AT AURANGABAD

ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 1980 OF 2025

PREM PIRAJI RAGDE AND OTHERS VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Advocate for Applicants : Mr. Telgaonkar Nitin U. APP for Respondent/State : Mr. K.N. Lokhande

CORAM : MEHROZ K. PATHAN, J. DATE : 13^th NOVEMBER 2025

PER COURT :

Heard.

Issue notice to the Respondents, returnable on 02.12.2025. Learned APP waives service of notice for Respondents/State.

After hearing for sometime, when this Court was not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the Applicant Nos. 2 to 4, the learned Counsel for the Applicants does not press the application insofar as Applicant Nos. 2 to 4 are concerned.

Insofar as the Applicant No.1/Prem Piraji Ragde is concerned, the learned Counsel for the Applicants submits that Applicant No.1 was present in the Bajaj Finance Office at the time of the incident and was falsely implicated only on account of previous enmity. Upon a query, Counsel for the Applicants submits that this plea was

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specifically taken in the bail application, however, the same was not even considered by the Sessions Court. I am, therefore, inclined to protect only Applicant No.1/Prem Piraji Ragde, till the returnable date. Hence the following order :

ORDER

(a) In the event of arrest of the Applicant No.1 - Prem Piraji Ragde in connection with Crime No.401/2025 registered with Parbhani Gramin Police Station, District Parbhani, he be released on bail on furnishing P.R. bond of Rs.50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousands) with two solvent sureties in the like amount, on the following conditions :

(b) The Applicant No.1 is directed to attend the Investigating Officer at Parbhani Gramin Police Station, District Parbhani from 17^th to 20^th of November, 2025 between 11:00 am. to 01:00 pm. and cooperate with the Investigating Officer.

(c) The Applicant No.1 shall not tamper with the evidence and shall appear before the Investigating Officer as and when required, apart from the dates already mentioned above.

(d) The Investigating Officer shall make the investigation papers available for perusal of this Court.

(e) The learned APP is requested to make the photocopy of the case papers of the FIR No.400/2025 for perusal of this Court on the next date of hearing.

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Stand over to 02.12.2025.

MEHROZ K. PATHAN JUDGE

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