Vishwajit Keshavrao Rathod v. the State of Maharashtra and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Interim anticipatory bail; parity with coaccused Keshav Laxman Rathod, ABA No. 1614 of 2025 (order dt. 20.09.2025); FIR No. 471/2025 dt. 22.07.2025, Udgir (Rural) P.S., Dist. Latur; offences under ss.115(2), 118(1), 123, 3(5), 351(2), 351(3), 64(1), 64(2)(f), 8 BNS 2023 and ss.4, 6, 8 Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012; P.R. bond Rs.25,000 with sureties; conditions: reporting to IO till charge-sheet, cooperation, no witness pressure/evidence tampering, cancellation on breach; notice returnable 16.12.2025; complainant to be impleaded; Bombay HC Aurangabad Bench; Mehroz K. Pathan, J.; 25.11.2025.
What did the court decide?
Interim anticipatory bail protection granted (application kept for further hearing on 16.12.2025): on arrest, release on a P.R. bond of Rs.25,000/- with one or two solvent sureties in the like amount each, in connection with FIR No. 471 of 2025 dated 22.07.2025, Udgir (Rural) Police Station, District Latur, subject to conditions of reporting to the Investigating Officer until charge-sheet filing, cooperation with investigation, and no pressurising of witnesses or tampering with evidence; interim protection liable to cancellation on breach.