Namdev Ganu Kamble v. State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
Regular bail granted; S.109 Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 added after death of victim-wife on supplementary statements; S.118(2) BNS grievous hurt; C.R. No. 75 of 2025, Karveer Police Station, Kolhapur; applicant aged 76 with kidney stone and heart disease; custody since arrest 14.02.2025; no criminal antecedents; circumstantial evidence; complaint alleged afterthought; motive of suspected pill-administration; primary witnesses are family members; informant's no-objection treated by trial Court as witness-influencing; trial unlikely to conclude within reasonable period; P.R. bond Rs.50,000 with solvent sureties; bail conditions incl. no tampering and attendance at trial; Criminal Bail Application No. 9 of 2026; Sachin S. Deshmukh J.; Bombay HC Kolhapur Bench.
What did the court decide?
Applicant Namdev Ganu Kamble to be released on bail in C.R. No. 75 of 2025 on furnishing a P.R. bond of Rs.50,000/- with one or two local solvent sureties in the like amount, subject to conditions: (a) not to pressurize prosecution witnesses or tamper with prosecution evidence; (b) to attend trial on each and every date unless exempted by the trial Court; (c) to submit Aadhar and Pan Cards, detailed address, phone numbers and two near relatives to the Investigating Officer; (d) Prosecution free to approach the concerned Court for cancellation of bail on breach; (e) liberty to approach the trial Court for relaxation of conditions. Observations confined to this application and not to influence the trial Court.