Aryan Alias Pawan Ankush Kawade v. the State of Maharashtra and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Regular bail — minor victim just over 14 years — voluntary departure from home with 19-year-old applicant; physical relations — POCSO Sections 4, 8 and 12; B.N.S. Sections 137(2) and 64(2) — Crime No.135/2025, Chikalthana Police Station, Aurangabad — no objection by victim and her mother present in Court — reliance on order dated 05.01.2024 in Criminal Application (BA) No. 718 of 2023 — prima facie mutual relationship between two young persons — PR bond Rs.20,000/- with one or two like sureties — conditions including non-contact with informant, attendance at trial, non-tampering, disclosure of address/contact number — Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench — Arun R. Pedneker, J. — decided 12.06.2025.
What did the court decide?
Regular bail granted to the applicant in connection with Crime No.135/2025 (Chikalthana Police Station, Aurangabad) on a PR bond of Rs.20,000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount, subject to conditions: (a) no contact with the informant during the pendency of the trial; (b) co-operation with and attendance on every date of the trial Court unless exempted; (c) no tampering with prosecution evidence and no influencing of the informant/witnesses; (d) placing of contact number and residential address on record with updates; violation renders the bail liable to cancellation.