Sangita Sadashiv Tilekar and Ors. v. the State of Maharashtra and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Pre-arrest/anticipatory bail appeal allowed by Bombay High Court (Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction). Keywords: bail after rejection by Special Court; apprehension of arrest; Crime No.68/2024 Satara Taluka Police Station; Ss.498A, 306, 504, 506 r/w S.34 IPC; S.3(1)(r)(s) and S.6 SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989; inter-caste marriage; caste-based harassment and ill-treatment; abetment of suicide left to trial; cruelty; family members of husband (mother, father, married sister) implicated; main allegations against husband/Accused No.1 already on regular bail; custodial interrogation not required; P.R. Bond Rs.30,000/- with sureties; conditions to attend police station and not to influence complainant or tamper with evidence.
What did the court decide?
In the event of arrest, Appellant No.1-Sangita Sadashiv Tilekar, Appellant No.2-Shri.Sadhashiv Shamrao Tilekar and Appellant No.3-Jyoti Yogesh Jaykar to be released on bail in Crime No.68 of 2024 (Satara Taluka Police Station) on executing a P.R. Bond of Rs.30,000/- each with one or two sureties each in the like amount; Appellants to attend the concerned Police Station as and when required; Appellants not to contact/influence or threaten or pressurize the complainant or otherwise tamper with prosecution evidence/witnesses; all pending Applications disposed of.