Surendra Pandurang Patil v. State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
Bail application before the Bombay High Court (Dr. Neela Gokhale, J., 05-01-2026) by Surendra Pandurang Patil in C.R. No. 341 dated 01-04-2025, Manpada Police Station, Thane City (BNS 2023 Ss. 64, 74, 115(2), 351(2), 3(5); Arms Act 1959 Ss. 3, 25). Respondent No.2's counsel offered no-objection to bail but the Court declined to accept it and heard the matter on merits. Applicant claimed consensual relationship; WhatsApp chats and intimate photographs marked 'X'. Investigating Officer disclosed CCTV footage of the incident room destroyed and unrecoverable; tendered photographs showed Applicant and victim in a compromised position and, per FIR, were used to threaten the prosecutrix. Court asked Trial Court to frame charges and record victim's statement within two months; application stood over to 05-03-2026 with no bail order.
What did the court decide?
No bail order was passed and the application was neither allowed nor dismissed; the matter was stood over to 5 March 2026, with a request to the Trial Court to frame charges and record the victim's statement within two months of receipt of the order.