Jitendra Pandurang Gholap v. the State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
Regular bail granted; Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 S.103(1), S.238, S.61(2), S.3(5); circumstantial evidence; chain of circumstances; incarceration over one year six months; no progress in trial; kidnapping and murder over land dispute; Otur Police Station Pune Crime No.334/2024; charge-sheet filed; PR bond Rs.25,000 with solvent sureties; no tampering with evidence / no influencing witnesses; Bombay High Court, Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction; Shivkumar Dige J.; decided 17 January 2026; common order in BA 550/2025 and BA 2352/2025.
What did the court decide?
Both Applicants released on regular bail in Crime No.334 of 2024 (Otur Police Station, Pune) on furnishing a PR bond of Rs.25,000/- each with one or two solvent sureties in the like amount, on condition that they shall not tamper with the evidence and/or influence the prosecution witnesses.