Ashok Bhagwan Vanjari v. the State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court; Bail Application No.1955 of 2025; Ashok Bhagwan Vanjari v. State of Maharashtra; Coram: Milind N. Jadhav, J.; order dated 09-05-2025; indictment under Indian Penal Code 1860 and POCSO Act 2012; prosecutrix impleaded as Respondent No.2 through Senior Inspector of Police; leave to amend typographical errors re FIR date and nomenclature; notice to Respondent No.2, humdast permitted; lady Police Officer to obtain prosecutrix's legal-aid consent within two weeks; stand over to 16-07-2025; no merits decision; no cases cited.
What did the court decide?
Interim procedural reliefs only; bail application not decided on merits. Leave granted to implead the prosecutrix as Respondent No.2 through the Senior Inspector of Police of the concerned Police Station; leave granted to correct typographical mistakes (FIR date and nomenclature), amendments carried out forthwith with re-verification dispensed with; notice issued to Respondent No.2 with humdast permitted and direct service on the Investigating Officer; Investigating Officer to depute a responsible lady Police Officer to obtain the prosecutrix's consent regarding legal-aid representation within two weeks; matter stood over to 16th July, 2025.