Shubham S/O Laxman Rathod v. the State of Maharashtra through Pso Ps Pusad Gramin Tq Pusad Dist Yavatmal and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench; Criminal Application (BA) No.62 of 2025, decided 25/03/2025 by Urmila Joshi-Phalke, J.; bail granted to Shubham s/o Laxman Rathod in Crime No. 687/2024, Police Station Pusad Rural, District Yavatmal; offences under Sections 74, 351(2), 351(3) Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Sections 8 and 12 POCSO Act, 2012; nine-year-old victim; sexual harassment; chilli powder; previous dispute; medical certificate of informant; investigation completed; charge-sheet filed; PR Bond Rs.25,000; condition barring entry into vicinity of village Wakad, Taluka Mahagaon; witness protection condition; attendance before Special Court.
What did the court decide?
Applicant Shubham s/o Laxman Rathod released on bail in Crime No.687/2024 (Pusad Rural, Yavatmal) on executing PR Bond of Rs.25,000/- with one solvent surety of like amount, subject to conditions: not to enter vicinity of village Wakad, Taluka Mahagaon, District Yavatmal till culmination of trial; not to induce, threat or promise witnesses; to attend proceedings before the Special Court without exemption except in exceptional circumstances; and to furnish detailed residence address with names and addresses of two relatives with address proof.