Vinay Sadanand Pandey and Anr. v. the State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail; pre-arrest bail; family dispute; partitioned dwelling house; widow complainant; intoxicated abuse and eviction threat; incidents of 25.03.2024 and 12.10.2024; FIR dated 10.12.2024; C.R. No. 934 of 2024 Parksite Police Station Mumbai; Sections 85, 352, 351(2), 3(5), 115 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023; custodial interrogation not required; P.R. Bond Rs. 5,000/- each; fourth-Saturday monthly police-station attendance condition; no-tampering condition; cancellation on breach; lady police officer well-being check; Investigating Officer direction; observations prima facie; Bombay High Court Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction; Milind N. Jadhav J.; decided 10.01.2025.
What did the court decide?
Pre-arrest bail granted to both Applicants in the event of arrest on furnishing P.R. Bond of Rs. 5,000/- each with one or two solvent sureties in the like amount, subject to conditions: monthly attendance at the concerned police station on the fourth Saturday of every month between 10.00 a.m. and 12.00 noon or when called by the Investigating Officer; not to harm the Complainant and her son; not to tamper or attempt to influence the complainant, witnesses or any person concerned; to inform latest residence and mobile contact number to the trial Court and Investigating Officer; prosecution at liberty to seek cancellation on breach.