Case brief
What is this about?
S.439 CrPC bail granted on parity with co-accused; C.R. No.243 of 2022, Khandeshwar Police Station; offences u/ss.302, 120(B) r/w 34 IPC; murder/assault with sharp-edged weapon near New Panvel Railway Station on 15.09.2022; Accused No.3 Pravin Sadashiv Ghadage earlier released on bail in Criminal Bail Application No.4070 of 2023 (order dt. 17.04.2024); earlier rejection by Additional Sessions Judge Panvel Raigad in Bail Application No.68 of 2023 (dt. 20.03.2023); P.R. Bond Rs.50,000/- with local sureties; conditions incl. quarterly attendance before IO from July 2025, no tampering, contact details, trial attendance; Applicant: Dipak Dinkar Chokhande; Respondent: State of Maharashtra; Counsel: Devendra Shukla (Applicant), T.G. Khan (APP); Coram: Ashwin D. Bhobe, J.; decided 18.06.2025; Bail Application No.2950 of 2024 disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Applicant directed to be released on bail in connection with C.R. No.243 of 2022 (Khandeshwar Police Station) on furnishing P.R. Bond of Rs.50,000/- with one or more local sureties in the like amount, with conditions: (b) attendance before the Investigating Officer once in three months on the first Monday commencing July 2025 between 11.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m.; (c) no inducement, threat or promise and no tampering with evidence; (d) contact number and residential address to be furnished to the Investigating Officer within three days of release and kept updated; (e) regular attendance at trial and co-operation with the trial Court.