Narendra Rajaram Salokhe v. the State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
Narendra Rajaram Salokhe v. The State of Maharashtra - Criminal Bail Application No. 3617 of 2025, High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Circuit Bench at Kolhapur, Sachin S. Deshmukh, J., decided 26 March 2026. Regular bail allowed under Sections 103(1), Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 for C.R. No. 287 of 2025 (Juna Rajwada Police Station, Kolhapur; incident dated 24.04.2025). Deciding factors: no motive, spur-of-the-moment act, recovery effected, charge-sheet filed, nearly one year custody, trial unlikely to conclude timely; witness-tampering apprehension managed via conditions. P.R. bond Rs. 50,000/- with one or two local solvent sureties; barred from Kolhapur Commissionerate jurisdiction except court dates; Aadhar/Pan, address and phone details to Investigating Officer.
What did the court decide?
Release of applicant Narendra Rajaram Salokhe on bail in connection with C.R. No. 287 of 2025 upon furnishing a P.R. bond of Rs.50,000/- (Rs. Fifty Thousand) 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) not to enter the jurisdiction of Commissioner of Police, Kolhapur till conclusion of trial, save and except attending the dates before the concerned Court; (c) to attend the trial on each and every date unless exempted by the trial Court; (d) to submit Aadhar and Pan Cards, detailed address where likely to reside, own phone numbers and those of two near relatives to the Investigating Officer; (e) breach of any condition entitles the Prosecution to approach the concerned Court seeking cancellation of bail notwithstanding that this Court has granted bail.