Jevious Pol Colvin @ Dadu Colvin v. State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
Regular bail granted on speedy-trial ground — High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Ashwin D. Bhobe, J.; Criminal Bail Application No. 4290 of 2024, decided 09-07-2025; Crime No. 241 of 2021, Khadakvasla Police Station, Pune; offences under Ss. 354D, 376(j)(n), 323, 504, 506 IPC and Ss. 4, 8 POCSO Act; prosecutrix aged 17; applicant married with two children; under-trial custody 3 years 7 months since arrest 02-12-2021; earlier bail rejected by Additional Sessions Judge, Pune; charge framed 2024, no witness examined, trial not commenced; Section 483 BNSS application; release on P.R. Bond Rs. 25,000/- with like sureties; conditions: no tampering/inducement, no contact with Respondent No. 2 or family, address proof to IO within 3 days, attend all trial dates; application disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Release on bail in Crime No. 241 of 2021 (Khadakvasla Police Station, Pune) upon furnishing P.R. Bond of Rs. 25,000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Pune, subject to conditions of non-tampering/non-inducement, no contact with Respondent No. 2 or her family, address-proof to the Investigating Officer within 3 days of release, and attendance at every trial date unless exempted; Criminal Bail Application No. 4290 of 2024 disposed of.