Chetan Kantilal Sabadra v. the State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail allowed subject to conditions; Chetan Kantilal Sabadra v. State of Maharashtra; ABA No. 2110 of 2025; High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Bench at Aurangabad; Mehroz K. Pathan, J.; decided 02.12.2025; FIR Crime No. 418 of 2025 dt. 16.11.2025, Javaharnagar Police Station, District Chh. Sambhajinagar; offences under Sections 67, 67-A Information Technology Act and Sections 75, 78, 356(2), 351(2) Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023; identical earlier FIR Crime No. 437 of 2025 dt. 25.10.2025; prior anticipatory bail by Additional Sessions Judge, Aurangabad, order dt. 25.11.2025; P.R. bond Rs.50,000/-; reporting to IO every Friday-Sunday 10:30 a.m.-01:30 p.m.; mobile phone handover; attendance treated as custody under Section 23 BNS 2023; notice returnable 16.12.2025; advocates G. R. Syed, Md. Asimuddin (Applicant), AAA Khan APP (State).
What did the court decide?
Conditional anticipatory bail protection: in the event of arrest in FIR Crime No. 418 of 2025, the applicant to be released on a P.R. bond of Rs.50,000/- with one or two solvent sureties in the like amount each, subject to conditions (weekly reporting to the Investigating Officer on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays between 10:30 a.m. to 01:30 p.m.; handover of mobile phone; cooperation with investigation; no pressurising witnesses or tampering with evidence); attendance to be treated as custody under Section 23 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023; notice issued to respondents, returnable on 16.12.2025, with investigation papers to be made available on the next date.