Onkar @ Chikya Gajanan Mahapure v. the State of Maharashtra and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Regular bail granted by Bombay High Court (N. R. Borkar, J.) on 30.01.2025 in Criminal Bail Application No. 2444 of 2024; offences under Ss. 307, 363, 366, 354-A, 354-D, 452, 506 r/w. 34 IPC and Ss. 8, 12, 17 POCSO Act; Crime No. 598 of 2023, Vadgaon Police Station, Kolhapur; incident dated 27.09.2023 involving alleged elopement, knife assault on grandfather and taking victim to Sangli; bail granted on grounds of Instagram chats showing love affair and incarceration exceeding one and a half years; conditions: P.R. bond Rs. 25,000 with sureties and bar on entering Kolhapur District till trial concludes.
What did the court decide?
Applicant to be released on bail in Crime No. 598 of 2023 on furnishing P.R. Bond of Rs. 25,000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount, subject to the condition that he shall not enter into the limits of Kolhapur District till the conclusion of the trial.