Santosh S/O Laxman Bundele v. State of Maharashtra, Thr Pso, Ps Akot, Dist. Akola
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench; Criminal Application (BA) No. 221 of 2025; decided 19/03/2025 by Urmila Joshi-Phalke, J. Bail granted to applicant Santosh s/o Laxman Bundele in Crime 524/2023 of Police Station Akot, Tahsil Akot, District Akola, for offences under Sections 420, 468, 471 read with Section 34 IPC, arising from allegedly forged registered sale deeds of plots in field Survey No. 599/3 (complainant Dipak Pandurang Sawade). Grounds: applicant not named in FIR; involvement based only on co-accused's statement held inadmissible; investigation completed, chargesheet pending. Relief: P.R. Bond Rs. 25,000/- with one solvent surety; conditions of weekly Monday police-station attendance (10.00 a.m.-01.00 p.m.), no witness tampering, furnishing cellphone number(s) and address proof. Application allowed and disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Applicant Santosh s/o Laxman Bundele to be released on bail in Crime 524/2023 (Police Station Akot, Tahsil Akot, District Akola) on executing a P.R. Bond of Rs. 25,000/- with one solvent surety in the like amount, subject to conditions: (i) not to induce, threaten or promise any witnesses acquainted with the facts of the case; (ii) to attend the concerned police station once a week on Mondays between 10.00 a.m. and 01.00 p.m. and cooperate with the investigating agency; (iii) to furnish cellphone number(s) and address with address proof to the investigating agency.