Asif Abdul Aziz Jatu and Ors. v. State of Maharashtra and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail allowed; cross FIRs; C.R. No. 1272/2024 Bhivandi City Police Station; intervention by Informant allowed (IA Nos. 502-504/2025); affidavit-cum-undertaking marked X; weapons already recovered; PR bond Rs. 15,000/- with one or two sureties; monthly reporting on second Monday until chargesheet; no tampering/inducement/threat condition; furnish contact details to IO; social media restraint on Respondent No. 2 re applicant no.1's wife; cancellation on breach; observations prima facie for limited purpose; Rajesh S. Patil J.; Bombay High Court; Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction; February 2025.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted to the applicants in C.R. No. 1272/2024, Bhivandi City Police Station, on furnishing a PR bond of Rs. 15,000/- each with one or two sureties each in the like amount, subject to conditions: (iii) monthly presence at Bhivandi City Police Station on the second Monday of every month between 10.00 am to 12.00 pm until filing of the chargesheet and thereafter as and when called by the Investigating Officer; (iv) no tampering with prosecution evidence and no direct or indirect inducement, threat or promise to the victim or any person acquainted with the facts; (v) furnishing contact number, E-mail id and residential address to the Investigating Officer and keeping him updated; (vi) Respondent No. 2 and family members not to circulate objectionable photographs/videos of the wife of applicant no. 1 on any social media platform including WhatsApp/Facebook/Instagram/Twitter; (vii) on breach, prosecution free to seek cancellation of bail.