Anand Umashankar Upadhyay v. the State of Maharashtra and Anr.

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Bombay High Court bail order dated 07-04-2025 in Bail Application No. 182 of 2025 (file BA-182-25), Coram Milind N. Jadhav, J. Applicant: Anand Umashankar Upadhyay; Respondents: State of Maharashtra & Anr. Prosecution alleged the Applicant lured the prosecutrix, younger sister of the Applicant's wife. Defence counsel (Sureshkumar J. Panicker) pointed to the prosecutrix's medico-legal examination statement recording the incident as consensual; appointed counsel for Respondent No. 2 (Abhishek Karnik) cited the prosecutrix's affidavit that she stayed at the Applicant's residence to care for her pregnant sister and stated nothing about intimacy. APP Hitendra J. Dedhia appeared for the State. Matter heard and stood over to 13th June, 2025; no bail decision, no statutes or precedents cited.