Mukund Hari Wagh v. State of Maharashtra and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay HC, Criminal Bail Application No. 4090 of 2024, decided 21-01-2026 by Shivkumar Dige, J. Regular bail granted to Mukund Hari Wagh in Crime No.363/2023, Vadivarhe Police Station, Nashik (S.302 and S.201 IPC — alleged murder of wife with iron rod, 21-11-2023). Key grounds: prosecution case based on circumstantial evidence; witness statement indicates Applicant and deceased under influence of liquor at time of incident; chain of incidents incomplete pending evidence; Applicant detained over 2 years with no trial progress; no antecedents; trial likely to take time. Terms: PR bond Rs.25,000/- with one or two solvent sureties in like amount; no tampering with evidence or influencing prosecution witnesses; attend concerned police station as required; Trial Court to proceed uninfluenced by order's observations. No precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
Regular bail in Crime No.363 of 2023 (Vadivarhe Police Station, Nashik) on furnishing PR bond of Rs.25,000/- with one or two solvent sureties in the like amount, subject to conditions that the Applicant shall not tamper with evidence or influence prosecution witnesses and shall attend the concerned Police Station as and when required; Trial Court to decide the case uninfluenced by this order's observations.