Vidhyadhar Ramesh Pokhre v. State of Goa Rep. by the Police Inspector, Mandrem Police Station
Case brief
What is this about?
Neutral citation 2025:BHC-GOA:972; (907) CRMAB 27.2025; CRIMINAL APPLICATION (BAIL) NO. 27 OF 2025; Sonam; High Court of Bombay at Goa; oral order dated 19th June 2025 by VALMIKI MENEZES, J.; Applicant Vidhyadhar Rame Pokhre (advocates Rohan Desai with Nikhil Kerkar) v. State of Goa (Mandrem Police Station) and Public Prosecutor (APP Pravin Faldessai); Crime No. 39/2025, chargesheet No. 52/2025; offences under Sections 109(1), 351(3), 352, 324(4) of B. N. S. 2023; assault with wooden log ('Kam') with nail; simple contused lacerated wounds; bail granted on Rs. 25,000/- bond with one surety; conditions: weekly reporting at Mandrem Police Station, exclusion from village Mandrem till disposal of Sessions Case, address/Aadhaar/Election Card disclosure, no witness tampering, no travel outside Goa, attendance at trial hearings.
What did the court decide?
Applicant released on bail in Crime No. 39/2025 (Mandrem Police Station) on executing a Bail Bond of Rs. 25,000/- with one surety in the like amount before the Principal District and Sessions Court, North Goa at Merces, Panaji, subject to conditions: (i) from 23.06.2025, weekly reporting every Monday between 10.00 am and 1.00 pm at Mandrem Police Station for two months; (ii) no entry into village Mandrem until disposal of the Sessions Case in Crime No. 39/2025 bearing chargesheet No. 52/2025; (iii) communication of the address of residence outside village Mandrem to the Investigating Officer and the Sessions Court, with copies of Aadhaar Card and Election Card and a phone number kept working until trial completion; (iv) no interference with or contact with witnesses, directly or through others, and no tampering with evidence; (v) no travel outside the State of Goa without permission of the Sessions Court; (vi) attendance at the Trial Court on every date of hearing unless exempted.