Vipul Umesh Solanki v. State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
Vipul Umesh Solanki v. State Of Maharashtra, Criminal Bail Application No. 4537 of 2025, High Court of Judicature at Bombay (Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction), R. M. Joshi, J., dated 8th May 2026. Bail allowed under S. 302 read with 34 IPC for Crime No. 564 of 2020 (Powai Police Station) after approximately five years' incarceration without trial; charge framed 5 February 2025, no prosecution witness examined; deciding factor 'only on the ground of long incarceration'; P.R. Bond Rs.30,000/- with sureties; conditions include monthly police-station reporting, no tampering with evidence, no contacting witnesses. Keywords: long incarceration bail, five years in jail without trial, delayed framing of charge, no witnesses examined, serious offence custody, murder bail Bombay HC.
What did the court decide?
Release on bail on furnishing P.R. Bond of Rs.30,000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount; attendance at the concerned Police Station once a month on the first Monday till conclusion of trial; not to interfere with prosecution evidence; not to contact any witness in the crime; attendance at all Trial Court hearing dates except when exempted by specific Trial Court order; observations recorded are prima facie and confined to the Application, and the Trial Judge to decide the case on merits uninfluenced by them.