Dilip Ramesh Pawar v. State of Maharashtra and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court grants regular bail under Section 439 CrPC to Dilip Ramesh Pawar (Amit Borkar, J., 24 July 2025) in Bail Application No. 257 of 2025 after over three and a half years' custody; charges under Sections 363, 376 IPC (kidnapping, rape) and Sections 4, 6, 8, 10 POCSO Act; Crime Register No. 606 of 2020, Narpoli Police Station; nine witnesses cited, trial unlikely to conclude soon; Article 21 prolonged-incarceration ground; charges framed reducing tampering risk; victim's Section 164 CrPC statement showed pre-existing relationship, consent of minor held legally invalid; no flight-risk material; release on Rs. 15,000 personal bond with like surety; conditions include no witness contact/tampering, quarterly reporting to Narpoli Police Station, address disclosure, cancellation on breach; Sessions Court rejection superseded by this grant.
What did the court decide?
Release of the applicant on bail in connection with Crime Register No. 606 of 2020 (Narpoli Police Station) on a personal bond of Rs. 15,000 with one or more solvent sureties in the like amount, to the satisfaction of the learned Trial Court, subject to conditions: (a) no tampering with evidence and no direct or indirect contact with, influence of, threats to, or intimidation of any witness; (b) reporting to Narpoli Police Station on the first Monday of every three months between 10.00 a.m. and 12.00 noon until further orders; (c) no offence or criminal activity during the pendency of the trial; (e) furnishing current residential address and mobile number to the Investigating Officer and the Trial Court at the time of furnishing surety, with written intimation of any change of residence or contact details; (f) liberty to the prosecution to move for cancellation of bail in case of breach of conditions.