Anand Bhagwan Bhise and Anr. v. State of Maharashtra and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
NDPS Act Ss. 8(c), 22(c), 29 — commercial quantity contraband — regular bail allowed (Crime No. 428/2025, Akluj PS, Dist. Solapur; FIR dt. 11.06.2025). Applicants arraigned primarily on CDR record and co-accused confessional statements; prima facie no recovery at their instance; absence of direct substantive evidence; reliability of confessions/CDR left to trial; no discrediting antecedents; investigation complete, trial unlikely to conclude within reasonable period — continued detention would be unjustified pre-trial detention. Bail on P.R. bond Rs. 50,000 each with one/two local solvent sureties and standard conditions; observations confined to bail application. Bombay HC (Kolhapur Circuit Bench), Sachin S. Deshmukh J., 08.04.2026. No precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
Applicants Anand Bhagwan Bhise and Aftab Rajjak Sayyed directed to be released on regular bail in connection with Crime No. 428 of 2025 (Akluj Police Station, Dist. Solapur) on furnishing a P.R. bond of Rs. 50,000/- each with one or two local solvent sureties in the like amount, subject to conditions: (a) no inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts so as to dissuade disclosure to the Court or police; (b) no tampering with prosecution evidence and cooperation with the Trial Judge for expeditious disposal; (c) no indulgence in similar offences in future; (d) prosecution free to move the Court for cancellation of bail on breach of any condition. Observations are confined to this application and the trial court shall not be influenced by them.