Mohammad Aasif Abdul Salam Khan v. State of Maharashtra
Bail – S.483 Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Case brief
What is this about?
Bail granted — S.483 BNSS 2023 — Ss.103(1) and 3(5) BNS 2023 — C.R. No.1623/2024, Mumbra Police Station — young offender aged 21 — role: held the victim while co-accused No.3 stabbed him — precursor quarrel between friends over refusal to lend motorcycle — incarceration 9 months 17 days — reformative approach to young under trial accused; harms of incarceration on youth — P.R. Bond Rs.15,000 with provisional cash bail — conditions including monthly trial Court attendance and no exit from Maharashtra — Bombay High Court, Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction, Milind N. Jadhav, J., 02.05.2025.
What did the court decide?
Applicant released on bail on furnishing P.R. Bond of Rs.15,000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount; provisional cash bail of Rs.15,000/- permitted for immediate release, with sureties to be furnished within four weeks; subject to conditions: furnishing residential address to police and trial Court, reporting to the Investigating Officer as called, marking presence before the trial Court on the first Tuesday of every month, co-operating with the trial, not leaving Maharashtra without prior permission of the trial Court, and not influencing witnesses or tampering with evidence; infractions or two consecutive defaults attract cancellation under Section 439(2) Cr.P.C.