Raj Bhagvan Shinde v. State of Maharashtra
Bail – Murder – Section 103(1) Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2003
Case brief
What is this about?
Regular bail granted; murder; Section 103(1) Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2003; circumstantial evidence; last-seen circumstance; uncertainty of time gap; recovery of blood-stained clothes doubted; Property and Seizure Form timing discrepancy (8.30 a.m. vs 18.10-18.40 hrs); third person Mauli neither accused nor examined; sole accused; charge-sheet filed; no compelling circumstances for incarceration; PR bond Rs.15,000 with local surety; conditions incl. exclusion from Bhigwan Police Station jurisdiction and monthly reporting; Sessions Case No. 475 of 2025; Additional Sessions Judge, Indapur, Pune; Bombay High Court; Ashwin D. Bhobe, J.
What did the court decide?
Applicant directed to be released on bail in connection with C.R. No. 334 of 2024, Bhigwan Police Station, Dist. Pune (Rural), on furnishing a PR bond of Rs.15,000/- with one local surety in the like amount to the satisfaction of the Additional Sessions Judge, Indapur, subject to conditions: (b) no inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts and no tampering with evidence; (c) furnishing residential address with proof and contact number to the IO, Indapur Police Station within 3 days of release and keeping the IO informed of changes; (d) reporting to the IO, Indapur Police Station on the 2nd Saturday of every month from 10.00 a.m. to 12.00 p.m. till framing of charge in Sessions Case No. 475 of 2025; (e) not entering the territorial jurisdiction of Bhigwan Police Station, Indapur till conclusion of Sessions Case No. 475 of 2025; and co-operating in the conduct of the trial and attending each hearing unless exempted.