Chandrakant @ Pintya Balaram Mhaskar v. State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
Suspension of sentence and bail during pendency of appeal; life imprisonment; Sections 302 and 452 IPC; MCOC Special Case No.7 of 2014; Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act; Thane; long incarceration more than 10 years (about 11 years 6 months); no early appellate hearing; reliance on Supreme Court observations in Saudan Singh v. State of U.P. (2022 SCC OnLine SC 697) and Suleman v. State of U.P. (MA No. 764 of 2022, 15.09.2022); PR bond Rs.50,000 with local solvent sureties; conditions barring entry into Badlapur Municipal Council and requiring periodic reporting at Badlapur-East Police Station; cancellation of bail on two consecutive defaults; co-accused already on bail; High Court of Judicature at Bombay; Coram A.S. Gadkari and Kamal Khata, JJ.; decided 29th April 2026.
What did the court decide?
Suspension of the substantive sentence of life imprisonment and release of the Applicant on bail during the pendency of the Appeal, on furnishing a PR bond of Rs.50,000/- with one or two local solvent sureties in the like amount; conditions: (ii) Applicant shall not enter the jurisdiction of Badlapur Municipal Council, District Thane; (iii) attendance at Badlapur-East Police Station, Thane every first Monday of each month between 10.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. for one year, thereafter once every third calendar month till disposal of the Appeal; (iv) to leave the said jurisdiction immediately after marking presence; (v) Prosecution at liberty to apply for cancellation of bail on two consecutive defaults.