Sangita Vaibhav Gole Vs the State of Maharashtra — Narcotics (NDPS) | Bombay HC (2025)

Sangita Vaibhav Gole Vs the State of Maharashtra — Narcotics (NDPS) | Bombay HC (2025)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

All nine bail applications allowed; the applicants in Crime No. 22 of 2025, Tamalwadi Police Station, District Dharashiv (offences under Sections 8(c), 21(b), 27, 29 NDPS Act, 1985), to be released on bail on furnishing a personal bond of Rs. 50,000/- each with one surety each of the like amount, subject to conditions (no pressurizing/tampering with witnesses or evidence; exclusion from Dharashiv Tahsil till conclusion of trial except trial dates fixed by the Special Court; no similar or illegal activities); breach entitles the prosecution to seek cancellation before the Special Court; concerned to act on authenticated copy.

Issue for consideration

Whether the applicants in connection with Crime No. 22 of 2025, registered at Tamalwadi Police Station, District Dharashiv, for offences punishable under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, should be released on bail.

Ratio / Principle

All the bail applications are allowed.

Key takeaways

The applicants in Crime No. 22 of 2025 of Tamalwadi Police Station, District Dharashiv, for offences under Sections 8(c), 21(b), 27 and 29 of the NDPS Act, 1985, are to be released on bail on furnishing a personal bond of Rs. 50,000/- each with one surety each of the like amount.ratio¶61
Bail is granted subject to conditions: the applicants shall not pressurize the prosecution witnesses or tamper with the prosecution evidence; shall not enter into Dharashiv Tahsil till the conclusion of the trial, except on dates fixed by the Special Court for attending the trial; and shall not indulge in similar or any illegal activities again.ratio¶66

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Bombay High Court, Bench at Aurangabad (Sanjay A. Deshmukh, J.; 10th October, 2025) — operative order in a batch of nine bail applications (Nos. 961, 1131, 1192, 1198, 1524, 1490, 1539, 1548 and 1832 of 2025), all ALLOWED. The applicants, prosecuted in Crime No. 22 of 2025 registered at Tamalwadi Police Station, District Dharashiv, for offences punishable under Sections 8(c), 21(b), 27 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, are directed to be released on bail on furnishing a personal bond of Rs. 50,000/- each with one surety each of the like amount. Conditions imposed: (a) no pressurising of prosecution witnesses or tampering with prosecution evidence; (b) no entry into Dharashiv Tahsil till conclusion of trial, except on dates fixed by the Special Court for attending the trial; (c) no indulgence in similar or other illegal activities. On breach, the investigating officer / police / prosecution may seek cancellation of bail before the Special Court, which may also act suo motu and decide such applications on merits notwithstanding that bail was granted by this Court. The order records that reasons are 'to be recorded separately'; this document therefore contains the operative directions only, with no adjudicatory reasoning, discussion of precedents or ratio beyond the dispositive directions.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD.

924 BAIL APPLICATION NO. 961 OF 2025

SANGITA VAIBHAV GOLE VERSUS

THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Advocate for Applicant : Mr. Sachin Subhash Panale. APP for Respondent / State : Mr. P. P. Dawalkar.

AND

BAIL APPLICATION NO. 1131 OF 2025

AMIT ALIAS CHIMYA ASHOKRAO AARGADE VERSUS

THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Advocate for Applicant : Mr. Prashant P. Giri a/w Mr. Yogesh G. Kasod. APP for Respondent / State : Mr. P. P. Dawalkar.

AND

BAIL APPLICATION NO. 1192 OF 2025

SANDIP SANJAY RATHOD VERSUS

THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER

Advocate for Applicant : Mr. Sudarshan J. Salunke. APP for Respondent / State : Mr. P. P. Dawalkar.

AND

BAIL APPLICATION NO. 1198 OF 2025

RAHUL SUNIL KADAM (PARMESHWAR) VERSUS

THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Advocate for Applicant : Mr. Vivekanand B. Deshmukh. APP for Respondent / State : Mr. P. P. Dawalkar.

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AND

BAIL APPLICATION NO. 1524 OF 2025

SHARAD RAMKRUSHNA JAMDADE

VERSUS

THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Advocate for Applicant : Mr. Satej S. Jadhav. APP for Respondent / State : Mr. P. P. Dawalkar.

AND

925 BAIL APPLICATION NO. 1490 OF 2025

GAJANAN ALIAS PRADIP HANGARGEKAR VERSUS

THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Advocate for Applicant : Mr. V. D. Sapkal, Senior Counsel, i/b Mr. Rohit Nitin Patil & Mr. Yash Anil Jadhav.

APP for Respondent / State : Mr. N. B. Patil.

AND

926 BAIL APPLICATION NO. 1539 OF 2025

SANTOSH DEVIDAS KADAM VERSUS

THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Advocate for Applicant : Mr. V. D. Sapkal, Senior Counsel, i/b Mr. Shaikh Ashraf Patel & Mr. Sanjay H. Pawar.

APP for Respondent / State : Mr. K. K. Naik.

AND

927 BAIL APPLICATION NO. 1548 OF 2025

VISHWANATH ALIAS PINTU APPARAO MULE

VERSUS

THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Advocate for Applicant : Mr. Joydeep Chatterji. APP for Respondent / State : Mr. P. P. Dawalkar.

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AND

928 BAIL APPLICATION NO. 1832 OF 2025

CHANDRAKANT ALIAS BAPU ANANDRAO KANE VERSUS

THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Advocate for Applicant : Mr. V. D. Sapkal, Senior Counsel, i/b Mr. Sandip R. Sapkal, Mr. Rohit Nitin Patil & Mr. Yash A. Jadhav. APP for Respondent / State : Mr. P. P. Dawalkar.

CORAM : SANJAY A. DESHMUKH, J. DATE : 10^th October, 2025.

P.C.:

. For the reasons to be recorded separately, following order is

passed:-

O R D E R

I. All the bail applications are allowed.

II. The applicants in connection with Crime No.22 of 2025, registered at Tamalwadi Police Station, District Dharashiv, for the offences punishable under Sections 8(c), 21(b), 27 29 of of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, be released on bail on furnishing personal bond of Rs.50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand Only) each with one surety each of the like amount on following conditions:-

a) The applicants shall not pressurize the prosecution witnesses and tamper with the

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prosecution evidence, in any manner.

b) The applicants shall not enter into Dharashiv Tahsil, till the conclusion of trial, except on the dates fixed by the Special Court for attending the trial.

c) The applicants shall not indulge in similar or any illegal activities again.

III. If the applicants commit a breach of any of the above conditions, the investigating officer / concerned police station / prosecution are at liberty to file application(s) for cancellation of bail before the Special Court, or the learned Special Court may suo-moto proceed against the applicants for cancellation of bail of these applicants. If such application(s) is/are filed, the learned Special Court seized with the case(s) is at liberty to decide the said application(s) on merits, though the bail is granted by this Court.

IV. The concerned to act upon an authenticated copy of this order.

[ SANJAY A. DESHMUKH, J. ]

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