Jaypal Prakash Girase v. the State of Maharashtra and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Bail granted by Bombay High Court (Aurangabad Bench), Arun R. Pedneker J., 20.06.2025, in Bail Application No. 505 of 2025: applicant Jaypal Prakash Girase arrested 15.02.2025 in Crime No. 473/2024, Cantonment Police Station, Aurangabad, under Ss. 137(2), 70(1), 96, 123 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Ss. 4(1), 17 POCSO Act 2012, for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting a 16-year-7-month-old girl; charge sheet filed; victim and her mother/grandmother gave no-objection affidavits; release on PR bond Rs.20,000/- with one or two sureties, conditions incl. no contact with informant, trial attendance, no evidence tampering, address/contact disclosure; observations confined to bail disposal.
What did the court decide?
Applicant released on bail in Crime No. 473 of 2024 (Cantonment Police Station, District Aurangabad) on furnishing PR bond of Rs.20,000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount, subject to conditions: no contact with the informant during trial; co-operation and attendance before the trial Court; no tampering with prosecution evidence or influencing of informant/witnesses; disclosure of contact number and residential address with updates; bail liable to cancellation on violation of conditions.