Akshay @ Prakash Bhausaheb Ovhal v. State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
Suspension of substantive sentence; release on bail pending appeal; life imprisonment; Sections 302, 143, 149 Indian Penal Code; Sessions Case No.152 of 2022; Additional Sessions Judge Vadgaon Maval District Pune; Judgment and Order dated 26th June 2025; prolonged incarceration over 10 years (arrested 7th March 2016); reliance on Supreme Court observations in Saudan Singh Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh 2022 SCC OnLine SC 697 and Suleman Vs. The State of Uttar Pradesh Miscellaneous Application No. 764 of 2022 dated 15th September 2022; PR bond Rs. 50,000/- with local sureties; attendance condition at Dehu Road Police Station Pune; cancellation of bail on two consecutive defaults; Akshay @ Prakash Bhausaheb Ovhal; High Court of Judicature at Bombay; Interim Application No.3309 of 2025 in Appeal No.920 of 2025; Gadkari and Khata JJ.
What did the court decide?
Substantive sentence of imprisonment for life suspended during pendency of the Appeal; Appellant to be released on bail on furnishing PR bond of Rs. 50,000/- with one or two local sureties in the like amount, subject to attendance at Dehu Road Police Station, Pune on every first Monday of each month between 11.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. initially for one year and thereafter on every first Monday between 11.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. of every third calender month (four times a year) till disposal of the Appeal; any two consecutive defaults will attract provisions of cancellation of Bail.