Ronak Bharat Jain v. State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
Ronak Bharat Jain v. State of Maharashtra — Criminal Bail Application No. 3678 of 2025, High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Shivkumar Dige, J., 30 January 2026. Regular bail allowed in Crime No.68 of 2025, Samarth Police Station, Pune, under BNS 2023 Sections 64(1), 64(2)(j)(m), 70(1), 123, 74, 75(2), 115(2), 61(2), 351(2), 3(5). Charge-sheet role limited to arranging parties for co-accused; no sexual-assault allegation against the Applicant; First Informant a Bhutanese national; over eight months in custody; no trial progress; no antecedents; parity with co-accused already on anticipatory/regular bail. Relief: PR bond Rs.25,000/- with one or two solvent sureties; conditions against tampering with evidence/influencing witnesses; police-station attendance as required; Trial Court to decide uninfluenced by the order's observations.
What did the court decide?
Release on bail in Crime No.68 of 2025 (Samarth Police Station, Pune) on furnishing a PR bond of Rs.25,000/- with one or two solvent sureties in the like amount; subject to conditions: (a) the Applicant shall not tamper with the evidence and/or influence the prosecution witnesses; (b) the Applicant shall attend the concerned Police Station as and when required; and (c) the Trial Court shall decide the case on its own merits and in accordance with law, uninfluenced by the observations made in this order.