Jayshree Pandurang Shelke v. the State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
Interim anticipatory bail; Jayshree Pandurang Shelke v. The State Of Maharashtra; ABA 2055/2025; Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench; Mehroz K. Pathan, J.; Crime No.769/2025, Shevgaon Police Station, District Ahmednagar; Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Ss.109, 118(1), 115(2), 324(4), 189(2), 333, 190, 191(2), 191(3); deemed custody; Section 23, Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023; P.R. bond Rs.50,000; counter FIR No.61/2025; N.C. Report No.1133/2025; 12-day delay in lodging FIR; parity with ABA 1494/2025 order dated 10.11.2025 (Bapusaheb/Raosaheb/Sachin/Krushna Shelke); woman applicant; complainant intervention and impleadment as party respondent; Criminal Application No.4406 of 2025; investigation papers; stand over 15.12.2025.
What did the court decide?
Interim anticipatory-bail protection granted to the applicant Jayshree Pandurang Shelke till the investigation papers are received: in the event of arrest, release on a P.R. bond of Rs.50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand) with one or two solvent sureties in the like amount in connection with Crime No.769/2025 (Shevgaon Police Station, District Ahmednagar), on conditions including bi-weekly reporting to the Investigating Officer (Thursdays and Fridays, 12.00 p.m. to 02.00 p.m.) until the charge-sheet, such attendance being treated as deemed custody under Section 23 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, cooperation with the investigation, and no pressurising of prosecution witnesses or tampering with evidence. Criminal Application No.4406 of 2025 (complainant's assist-to-prosecution application) allowed and disposed of; complainant permitted to intervene and to be impleaded as party respondent. Matter stood over to 15.12.2025; final decision on the anticipatory bail application deferred.