Ajay Mohan Bidlan v. the State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
Ajay Mohan Bidlan v. State of Maharashtra; Criminal Bail Application No. 4452 of 2024; Bombay High Court; Shivkumar Dige, J.; decided 05 March 2026; Crime No. 1215 of 2023; Pimpri Police Station, Pune; Sections 302 IPC; murder of wife by smothering; family dispute; circumstantial evidence; no direct evidence; CDR location; over two years in custody; no antecedents; no trial progress; charge not framed; regular bail granted; PR bond Rs. 25,000/-; sureties; conditions against tampering with evidence and influencing witnesses; attendance at police station; Trial Court to decide uninfluenced by observations.
What did the court decide?
Application allowed: the Applicant to be released on bail in Crime No.1215 of 2023 (Pimpri Police Station, Pune) on furnishing a PR bond of Rs.25,000/- with one or two solvent sureties in the like amount; conditions imposed that the Applicant shall not tamper with the evidence and/or influence the prosecution witnesses, and shall attend the concerned Police Station as and when required; the Trial Court directed to decide the case on its own merits and in accordance with law, uninfluenced by the observations made in this order.