APPLICATION ALLOWED
The applicant, Sunny Patole, filed an application to quash FIR No.442 of 2016 and related charge‑sheet and special case pending before the Sessions Court, which alleged offences under IPC, POCSO Act and the IT Act. The victim, respondent No.2, submitted an affidavit stating she was a minor at the …
DISPOSED OFF
The deceased Aishwarya Sasane alleged that her husband and in‑laws subjected her to physical and mental cruelty over a demand of Rs 4,00,000 for a car and that her mother‑in‑law administered poison, leading to her death. An FIR was lodged under Sections 498‑A, 328, 323, 504, 506 r/w 34 IPC, later …
DISPOSED OFF
The applicant, convicted under Section 354-A of the Indian Penal Code and Section 11(i) read with Section 12 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, was sentenced to two years' rigorous imprisonment and a fine. After surrendering to the court, he was granted bail and …
APPLICATION ALLOWED
The applicant, a driver of a dumper, was intercepted while transporting sand without a permit and was convicted under Section 379 of the Indian Penal Code for theft. The prosecution failed to prove that the sand belonged to the State Government or that it was dishonestly removed from any person's …
APPLICATION ALLOWED
The applicants, employees of MSEDCL, sought quashment of criminal proceedings under Section 304 IPC read with 34, alleging that four labourers died due to an illegal live‑wire fence erected by a private landowner. The prosecution alleged that the MSEDCL staff were negligent in failing to enforce …
DISPOSED OFF
The Court considered applications seeking quashment of FIR No. 0247/2019 and charge‑sheet relating to alleged offences under Sections 306, 406, 409, 420 and 120B IPC arising from a loan dispute and the suicide of a contractor. The prosecution alleged that the applicants, who were directors or …
DISPOSED OFF
The petitioner, a retired Talathi, challenged the FIR (Crime No.73 of 2022) and charge sheet (R.C.C. No.116 of 2023) that alleged offences under Sections 406, 409, 202, 465, 468 and 471 of the Indian Penal Code relating to encroachment on government land. He contended that his tenure as Talathi was …
DISPOSED OFF
The applicant, Nisar Beg Ajij Beg, was charged under IPC sections 420, 504 and 506 read with 34. He initially obtained anticipatory bail by promising to deposit Rs 12 lakh, but failed to do so, leading the High Court to reject the anticipatory bail. He later misrepresented the status of that bail to …
APPLICATION ALLOWED
The informant filed an FIR alleging physical and mental cruelty, dowry demands, and molestation by members of her husband's family, leading to charges under Sections 323, 354, 498A, 504, 506 and 34 of the IPC. The applicants, who are relatives of the husband, moved to the High Court under Section …
DISPOSED OFF
The applicant, a retired Talathi, challenged the FIR and charge sheet filed under Sections 406, 409, 202, 465, 468 and 471 of the Indian Penal Code relating to alleged encroachment on government land. The prosecution’s case was based on a complaint by a revenue officer that a number of officers, …
APPLICATION ALLOWED
The applicant, Vitthal Sadashiv Gutte, sought anticipatory bail for offences including murder, attempted murder, sexual assault, and offences under the POCSO and SC/ST Acts, alleged to have been committed against two sisters residing in a hostel run by his mother. The FIR, lodged by the victim's …
DISPOSED OFF
The applicant, a retired Talathi who served at Tembhurni from 1980 to 1988, challenged the FIR (Crime No.73 of 2022) and related charge sheet alleging offences under Sections 406, 409, 202, 465, 468 and 471 of the Indian Penal Code for encroachment on government land. The FIR was based on a …
DISPOSED OFF
The appellants were convicted for assaulting Shivnath and Bhanudas with sticks, causing grievous injuries, under Sections 307 r/w 149, 324 r/w 149, 143 and 148 of the IPC. While the appeal was pending, the parties reached an amicable compromise and the accused sought acquittal or, alternatively, a …
DISPOSED OFF
The applicant, Rajkumar, sought regular bail in a case involving murder, conspiracy, and other offences under the IPC and the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crimes Act. The prosecution alleged that Rajkumar, along with his brother and another accused, received a contract to murder Sachin in …
DISPOSED OFF
Ambadas, an 86‑year‑old accused, applied for regular bail in two separate FIRs (Crime No. 644/2023 and Crime No. 30/2024) involving a range of IPC offences, the Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors Act and the Bailing of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Act. He argued that the offences arose …
DISPOSED OFF
The applicants, accused of murder and related offences under the IPC, Arms Act and the Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act (MCOC), sought regular bail after being in custody for over five years. The prosecution alleged that the accused participated in an armed unlawful assembly that murdered …
DISPOSED OFF
The State filed an FIR in 2022 alleging dowry harassment, assault, and intimidation under sections 498‑A, 323, 504, 506 and 34 IPC against a husband, his parents, sister‑in‑law and brother‑in‑law, based on a complaint by the wife. The accused filed a criminal application seeking quash of the FIR, …
APPLICATION ALLOWED
The applicant was charged with rash driving and causing death under IPC sections 279 and 304-A after a 2012 road accident that killed the deceased. He was convicted by the Magistrate and the conviction was upheld by the Sessions Court. On revision, the High Court examined the prosecution's evidence, …
DISPOSED OFF
The applicant, Nisar Beg Ajij Beg, was charged under IPC sections 420, 504 and 506 read with 34. He initially obtained anticipatory bail by promising to deposit Rs.12 lakh, but failed to do so, leading the High Court to reject the anticipatory bail. Subsequently, the trial court, misled by the …
DISMISSED
The appellant, Baliram Sitaram Chavan, appealed against his conviction under Sections 376‑A and 506 of the IPC and Sections 4(2) and 6(1) of the POCSO Act for alleged sexual assault of a seven‑year‑old girl. He argued that the FIR was lodged after a 17‑hour delay, that the child’s testimony was …
APPLICATION ALLOWED
The applicant, Anil Lokhande, sought anticipatory bail in connection with a 2024 assault case (Crime No. 0151) involving offences under IPC Sections 326, 324, 323, 504, 506 read with Section 34. The FIR alleged that the applicant and co‑accused assaulted an informant with an iron rod, causing …
DISMISSED
Haribhai filed a criminal revision challenging the acquittal of Nandu Sonaji Magare by the Judicial Magistrate First Class, who had found insufficient evidence to convict him under Sections 279, 304A, 337, 338 and 427 of the Indian Penal Code for a fatal road accident. The applicant argued that the …
Allowed
The CBI filed a chargesheet alleging that a senior customs officer (Accused No.1) conspired with a private businessman (Accused No.2) and his employees (Accused Nos.3‑4) to award fictitious work orders and siphon public funds. The Special Judge took cognizance of offences under the Prevention of …
Disposed of
The CBI filed a chargesheet alleging that a senior customs officer (Accused No.1) conspired with a private businessman (Accused No.2) and his employees (Accused Nos.3 and 4) to fraudulently award work orders to fictitious firms between 2017‑2019. The Special Judge took cognizance and, after a …
Disposed of
The CBI filed a case alleging that a senior customs officer, Mohan Kapse, conspired with private businessman Charudatta Ozarkar and his employees to fraudulently award work orders to fictitious firms. The Special Judge took cognizance of offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and the …
Dismissed
The appellant, Martin Soares, was convicted by the Children’s Court for wrongful restraint, outraging modesty and rape of a minor girl, under Sections 341, 354, 375(b) and 376(2)(i) of the IPC read with the Goa Children’s Act. The prosecution’s case rested on the victim’s testimony, corroborated by …
Disposed of
The petitioners, members of two rival Mahajan groups, filed cross‑petitions seeking the quash of FIRs No. 39/2024 and 40/2024 and the related chargesheets in criminal cases IPC/104/2025 and IPC/102/2025, arising from a dispute over a religious function. Both groups entered into a mutual settlement, …
Disposed of
The CBI filed a chargesheet alleging that a senior customs officer (Mohan Kapse) conspired with a private businessman (Charudatta Ozarkar) and his employees to defraud the Customs Department by issuing work orders to fictitious firms. The Special Judge took cognizance of offences under the …
Disposed of
The petitioner filed a private criminal complaint for cheating under Sections 415, 418, 420 r/w 120‑B and 34 IPC. During the trial the witness Girdharlal Gangani applied for discharge, but the magistrate rejected it and later, on the petitioner's application under Section 319 CrPC, ordered that …
Allowed
The State of Goa appealed the acquittal of Tarunjit Tejpal, the former editor-in-chief of Tehelka, for multiple sexual assault offences alleged to have occurred in a hotel lift during the 2013 THiNK Fest. The High Court examined the credibility of the victim’s testimony, the statutory presumption of …
Allowed
Santosh Korva, convicted under IPC sections 363, 376, 506(2) and POCSO Act sections 4, 8, 12, filed a criminal appeal 322 days after the judgment while incarcerated. He applied for condonation of the delay, claiming ignorance of the law and inability to obtain legal advice due to his imprisonment. …
Rejected
The petitioners, Mr. Jeremias D'Souza and his wife, sought quashing of FIR No.3/2025 filed under Section 420 read with Section 120‑B IPC, alleging that they were merely property aggregators acting on owners' instructions and that the dispute was civil in nature. The complaint alleged that the …
Dismissed
The High Court examined the appeal filed by the CBI‑ACB against the acquittal of Shri Shivanand Fakirappa Bachagundi, an Assistant Director and Drawing & Disbursing Officer of MSME‑DI, who was charged with criminal breach of trust, cheating, forgery and corruption relating to the National Vendor …
Allowed
Ramesh Joshi, a managing director of M/s R.J. Papillon Nidhi Ltd., was arrested for alleged conspiracy to defraud investors of approximately Rs.2.38 crore through illegal deposit schemes, violating IPC sections 406, 409, 420, 120B and several state financial statutes. After the FIR (30 Oct 2024) and …
Rejected
Shivaji Kisan Jadhav, chairman of two companies, was implicated in a large-scale fraud involving Rs.7 crore and charged under IPC sections 420, 406, 409, 120B r/w 34 and the Goa Protection of Interests of Depositors Act. He filed an anticipatory bail application, contending that the FIR (Crime …
Allowed
Subhash Bhonsle, accused of kidnapping for ransom, robbery, criminal intimidation and offences under the Arms Act, has been in judicial custody since August 2021. The prosecution alleges that he, along with co‑accused, abducted Navinchandra Bhojani, threatened him with a gun and knife, stole cash …
Allowed
The petitioners, senior priests, sought quashing of FIR No. 23/2010 registered under IPC sections 468, 471, 420 and 34, alleging offences related to a property dispute. The underlying civil dispute over land in Caranzalem had been settled by a Settlement Agreement and Affidavit dated 17‑06‑2026 …
Rejected
The High Court of Bombay at Goa considered a pre‑arrest bail application filed by Kajal Tejas Chudasama, accused No.8 in a financial fraud case involving Bio Estate Solutions Pvt. Ltd. and related schemes such as COW Coin and Cinema on Web (B‑2). The offences alleged include criminal breach of …
Allowed
The petitioner, Nawaz Shaikh, challenged a Sessions Court order that cancelled his proclamation and allowed the prosecution to cancel his bail in a case (Crime No.123/2018) pending before the Sessions Court. He had been on bail since 2018, attended all hearings, but missed some sessions after being …
Partly allowed
Petitioner Surajit Ganguly, charged under IPC, the Goa Children’s Act and POCSO for alleged sexual offences, sought a forensic clone of the mobile phone data that the prosecution intended to rely upon. The trial court, following an order dated 02.05.2022, allowed only supervised viewing of the data …
Rejected
Gaurav Bidre, charged under IPC sections 365, 342, 302 and 201, applied for bail for the fourth time before the Bombay High Court, Goa Bench. He has been in custody since 24 June 2022 and argues that the delay in trial violates his Article 21 right to a speedy trial. The prosecution and an …
Disposed of
The petitioners, members of two rival Mahajan groups, filed cross‑petitions seeking the quash of FIRs No. 39/2024 and 40/2024 and the related chargesheets in criminal cases IPC/104/2025 and IPC/102/2025, arising from a dispute over a religious function. Both groups executed a consent agreement …
Disposed of
On 31 December 2023, the Mapusa Police Station registered an FIR against Joan Mascarenhas E. D’Souza and Dominic D’Souza under IPC sections 153A, 295A, 506(ii) r/w 34 and the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act sections 3, 4 and 7. After investigation, the police submitted a …
Disposed of
The petitioner, a police constable with 30 years of service, faced a criminal complaint filed on 11 January 2023 alleging offences under IPC sections 509, 354, 504 and Section 8(2) of the Goa Children’s Act. An FIR was registered on 10 July 2023 and a chargesheet filed on 12 December 2023, but the …
Allowed
The applicants were convicted in a Sessions trial for offences under IPC Sections 323 and 352 read with Section 34 and sentenced to three months' simple imprisonment. They filed a criminal appeal and a miscellaneous application seeking suspension of the sentence pending the appeal. The High Court …
Dismissed
The petitioner, Shivanna Sheva Sajjan, filed a criminal writ petition challenging the order of the President of the Children’s Court, Panaji, which rejected his application under Section 311 of the Criminal Procedure Code to recall the child victim for cross‑examination in a case involving offences …
Disposed Off
The petitioner, Umesh Namdeo Sangolkar, filed a writ petition seeking the registration of a crime under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. The respondents indicated that charges under Sections 304B, 498-A, and 306 read with Section 34 IPC had already been framed against the petitioner. The …
Disposed Off
The applicant, Sandip Pandurang Aadhatrao, was granted bail in a case involving serious offences under the IPC, Arms Act, Maharashtra Police Act and MCOCA, with a condition that he not enter the districts of Pune and Solapur except to attend trial dates. After being elected as a Corporator of …
Rejected
The applicant, Mahesh Yadigiri Miriyala, sought regular bail in a case involving murder, attempt to murder and abetment (IPC §§302, 201, 109 r.w. 34) after the death of Bharat, a truck garage owner. The prosecution presented circumstantial evidence, including call records linking the applicant to …
Disposed Off
The petition filed by Sushama Babaso Patil under Article 226 sought a writ of mandamus to quash a preventive detention order issued against her son, Rajvardhan Patil, under Section 3 of the Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities (MPDA) Act, 1981. The petitioner alleged that the order was …
Allowed
The High Court considered a bail application filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 by Rajesh Maruti Padalkar, who was arrested in connection with alleged cheating, criminal breach of trust and fraud offences under the Indian Penal Code and the Maharashtra Protection …
Disposed Off
The appellant, Rahul alias Laxman Ramchandra Jadhav, was convicted of murder under IPC 302 and voluntarily causing hurt under IPC 341, and sentenced to life imprisonment and a fine, based largely on his own confession and blood‑stained clothing. He filed an interim application seeking suspension of …
Dismissed
The Special Judge, Solapur convicted Dinesh Parshu Rathod and Chetan Ram Rathod for gang penetrative sexual assault of a 15‑year‑old girl under the POCSO Act, IPC and related statutes, imposing life imprisonment and fines. Both convicts filed interim applications (IA‑186/2026 and IA‑89/2026) seeking …
Disposed Off
The applicant, Santosh Manoj Mane, sought regular bail in a case (CR No. 198 of 2024) where he was charged under Sections 307 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code for allegedly assaulting a victim with a wooden stick, causing grievous injuries. The prosecution argued the assault was …
Allowed
The applicant was convicted in Sessions Case No. 121/2023 for offences under the POCSO Act (Sec. 4(2) read with Sec. 3, Sec. 8, Sec. 12) and the IPC (Secs. 376, 363, 366), receiving a total rigorous imprisonment of 30 years. He had been in custody for about two years and eight months when he filed …
Allowed
The applicants, Ganesh Krushnadev Pawar and Yogesh Popat Godase, were convicted under Sections 353, 332 and 504 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment and fines. They filed an interim application seeking a stay of the execution of the judgment dated 09.01.2026 pending the …
Allowed
The High Court considered a bail application filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 by Rajesh Maruti Padalkar, who was arrested in connection with alleged cheating, criminal breach of trust and fraud offences under the Indian Penal Code and the Maharashtra Protection …
Rejected
Rupesh Namdev Ghadage applied for regular bail in a case registered under Section 363 of the Indian Penal Code, alleging that he was falsely implicated in the murder of a victim who was the son of the informant. The prosecution alleged that the applicant had an illicit relationship with the …
Disposed Off
The appellant, Hajimalang Matab Nadaf, was convicted by the Sessions Court for an attempt to murder under Section 307 of the IPC and sentenced to life imprisonment with a fine. He appealed under Section 374(2) of the CrPC, challenging the admissibility of the knife seized after a delay, the …
Rejected
The applicant, Kumar Waghmode, sought regular bail in a murder case (IPC Sec. 302) alleging the killing was a spur‑of‑the‑moment act provoked by an alleged illicit relationship between the deceased and his wife. The prosecution argued the act was pre‑meditated, noting the use of an axe, the fatal …
Disposed Off
The High Court considered bail applications filed by Pawan alias Tejas Kishor Sarode and Ravi Dnyandev Donagre, who were charged under several IPC sections, the Arms Act and MCOCA for alleged extortion, robbery and abetment of suicide that led to the victim's death. The prosecution alleged that the …
Rejected
The Bombay High Court, Kolhapur Bench, considered a bail application filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 by Mahesh Balwant Shevale, accused of offences under IPC sections 406, 409, 420, 120‑B, 201 and 34 and Maharashtra MPID Act sections 3, 4 and 8. The …
Disposed Off
The High Court considered an interim application for suspension of the sentence imposed on Narendra Santosh Salvi, who was convicted under Sections 302, 397, 201 and 120-B r.w.s.34 of the IPC. The co‑convicts had already been released on bail after their sentences were suspended. The applicant …
Disposed Off
The High Court considered an interim application filed by Umaji Sateri Lohar seeking suspension of the life sentence and rigorous imprisonment imposed by the Special Judge for offences under Sections 302 and 452 IPC. The trial court had relied on eyewitness testimony, CCTV footage, and medical …
Disposed Off
The petitioner, Deepak R. Mane, filed a writ petition seeking the return of a revolver seized during a 2012 case. He had been acquitted in 2023, and the trial court ordered the weapon be returned to him if he held a valid licence, otherwise to the Collector for disposal. The District Magistrate …
Allowed
The applicants were convicted by the Sessions Judge, Satara, under Sections 143, 147, 148, 323, 324, 504 and 506 read with Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to two years of rigorous imprisonment. They filed an interim application seeking suspension of the sentence, acquittal, and …
Disposed off as Withdrawn
The applicant, Nitin Dagadu Aiwale, was charged under Section 302 of the IPC and sought bail before the High Court. The State objected, citing an earlier order that any fresh bail application must be filed before the trial court. The applicant’s counsel requested permission to withdraw the present …
Dismissed
Mohammad Babu Ghori, convicted under section 6 of the POCSO Act and sentenced to 20 years, filed an interim bail application claiming his mother’s ill health and the need to care for three minor children after being incarcerated for over five years. This was his second such application, the first …
Allowed
The applicant, Taijib Salim Mulani, filed an anticipatory bail application under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, fearing arrest in a case (Crime No. 244 of 2024) involving alleged offences under IPC sections 420, 467, 406, 471 and 120(B) r/w 34. Four other accused are …
Allowed
Vikas Shankarrao Chavan, convicted under IPC section 306 and sentenced to a short term imprisonment by the Additional Sessions Judge, Kolhapur, filed an interim application seeking suspension of his sentence and bail. He argued that the fine had been paid and that he would not misuse liberty if …
Disposed Off
Shivaji Narayan Jadhav applied for anticipatory bail in connection with FIR No. 649/2023 alleging offences under IPC sections 323, 506, 109 r/w 34 and the Maharashtra Money Lending (Regulations) Act, 2014. The FIR, filed by a borrower, claimed the applicant charged exorbitant interest and harassed …
Dismissed
Convicts Dinesh Parshu Rathod and Chetan Ram Rathod, along with Rohit Sham Rathod, were convicted by a Special Judge in Solapur for gang penetrative sexual assault of a minor under IPC sections 376(2)(n), 376(3), 506 and POCSO sections 3, 4, 5(g), 6, as well as offences under the SC/ST Act. While in …
Disposed Off
Four labour contractors applied for anticipatory bail in a case where they were accused of cheating the sugar factory by accepting advance payments and failing to provide labour and logistics during the 2021‑2022 harvest, alleged under Sections 420, 406 and 34 of the IPC. The complainant also …
Disposed Off
Four labour contractors applied for anticipatory bail in a case where they were accused of cheating the sugar factory by accepting advance payments and failing to provide labour and logistics during the 2021‑2022 harvest, alleged under Sections 420, 406 and 34 of the IPC. The complainant also …
Disposed Off
Four labour contractors applied for anticipatory bail in a case where they were accused of cheating the sugar factory by accepting advance payments and failing to provide labour and logistics during the 2021‑2022 harvest, alleged under Sections 420, 406 and 34 of the IPC. The complainant also …
Allowed
The petitioner, Ramesh Nagnath Kadam, filed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution seeking transfer of Special Case No.81 of 2023 pending before the Sessions Court at Solapur to the Sessions Court at Mumbai, to be heard alongside Special Cases Nos.104 and 108 of 2015. The …
Allowed
The applicant, Akshay Vishnu Shigvan, was convicted along with two co‑accused for murder, robbery and criminal conspiracy and sentenced to life imprisonment and rigorous imprisonment under Sections 302, 397, 201 and 120‑B of the IPC. He filed an interim application seeking suspension of his sentence …
Allowed
The applicants, Ramzan Nabi Makandar and Arbaaj Iqbal Beg, were convicted by the Sessions Judge, Gadhinglaj, for offences including IPC Sections 452, 294, 323, 504, 506 and Section 12 of the POCSO Act, with Makandar also sentenced under Section 354 IPC. They filed a criminal interim application …
Allowed
The appellant, Rajendra Damodar Rupnawar, was convicted in 2018 of murder (IPC 302) and several other offences and sentenced to life imprisonment. After serving nine years, he filed an interim application seeking suspension of his sentence and bail, arguing that a co‑convict, Appa Damodar Rupnawar, …
Allowed
The applicant, Suraj Aanand Jadhav, was convicted by the Sessions Court, Sindhudurg, under IPC sections 332, 352, 353 and 504 and sentenced to two years' rigorous imprisonment. The trial court had earlier suspended the sentence on 16th April 2026, a suspension that was continued by the High Court on …
Allowed
Alfaz Firoz Mulla was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Islampur, in Sessions Case No. 14 of 2024 for an offence under Section 307 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to three years’ rigorous imprisonment and a fine. He filed an interim application seeking …
Disposed off as Withdrawn
The applicant, Ankush Tukaram Jadhav, filed a bail application before the Bombay High Court, Kolhapur Bench, in connection with Crime No. 484/2023 of Pandharpur Gramin Police Station, registered for offences under Sections 302, 307 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code, Sections 4/25 of the Arms …
Disposed off as Withdrawn
The applicant, Rohan alias Dingya Sunil Chandanshive, applied for bail in connection with FIR No. 0319 of 2023 for offences under IPC sections 302, 323, 504, 148, 149 and 34. The State and the complainant objected, contending that the applicant had failed to disclose several antecedents in the …
Allowed
The applicants, Dinesh Mahadev Kadam and Minakshi Mahadev Kadam, were convicted by the Sessions Court of offences under Section 306 and Section 498‑A read with Section 34 of the IPC and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment and fines. While the conviction was under appeal (Criminal Appeal No. 126 of …
Allowed
The petitioner, Vishwanath Tamma Mhamane, sought quashing of FIR No.453/2024 alleging offences including rape, assault, intimidation, child marriage and offences under the POCSO Act. The prosecution alleged that the petitioner forced the marriage of a minor and subjected her to violence. The …
Allowed
Devendrappa Aadmas Pawar, accused of murder, attempt to murder and criminal conspiracy under IPC sections 302, 307 and 120‑B read with 34, applied for regular bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. The trial court had earlier rejected his bail, but the High Court …
Allowed
The applicants, Prakash Ashok Sonar and Nitin Shivanand Potdar, filed an anticipatory bail application under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, seeking pre‑arrest bail for alleged offences under several IPC sections (354, 354A, 354B, 452, 323, 506 read with 34) and Sections …
Allowed
The applicant, Sarika Rajendra Salunkhe, wife of the main accused in Crime No. 817 of 2023, sought anticipatory bail for alleged offences under Sections 420 and 406 of the IPC. The High Court, noting the nature of the allegations and the applicant's cooperation with the investigating officer, …
Allowed
Ananda @ Anandrao Baburao Jadhav was arrested in connection with a loan fraud case involving alleged forged warehouse receipts and the transfer of most of the loan amount to a co‑accused. The applicant contended that he was falsely implicated, had deep community ties, and was willing to deposit …
Dismissed
The appellant, a 43‑year‑old businessman, appealed the trial court’s acquittal of three accused under Sections 354(A), 452, 504, 506 r/w 34 of the IPC and Section 12 of the POCSO Act, alleging that the victim was a minor of 16 years and that the accused’s act of holding her hand constituted an …
Disposed Off
The High Court of Bombay, Kolhapur Bench, considered a bail application filed by Yuvraj Shivaji Gaikwad, accused of murder and conspiracy (IPC §§302, 120(b) r/w 34) under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. The prosecution had examined four witnesses and indicated that nine …
Allowed
Anita Dasharath Jadhav, accused No.5 in Crime No. 940 of 2024, sought regular bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, for offences under multiple IPC sections and Section 66C of the IT Act. The applicant argued that co‑accused Kashmira Sandip Pawar (Accused No.1) and …
Disposed Off
Kapil Bhagwan Patale applied for bail in connection with FIR No. 259/2025 alleging offences under sections 103(1), 238, 311, 61(2) r/w 3(5) of the Bombay Police Act, which correspond to IPC sections 302, 201, 397, 120B r/w 34. The applicant’s counsel, Mr. Ramanik Pawar, informed the court that the …
Disposed off as Withdrawn
The applicant, Prakash Ganpat Harchilkar, filed a bail application in the Bombay High Court seeking release on charges of murder, kidnapping and abetment under IPC sections 302, 397 and 201. The State objected, citing a prior order that bail must be applied for before the trial court. The …
Disposed Off
The appellants, Sakhrabai Shivaji Mallav and Anita Vijay Bhoi, were convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Solapur, for murder, attempted murder, robbery, and offences of criminal intimidation and threat under Sections 302, 307, 452, 504 and 506 r/w Section 34 of the IPC, based largely on dying …
The appellant, Amir @ A. Hamid Nazir Mulla, was convicted along with two co‑accused for offences under Sections 307, 326, 324, 201, 34 and 120‑B of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to life imprisonment of at least 30 years plus fines. He filed a second interim application seeking suspension of …
Allowed
The High Court of Bombay, Kolhapur Bench, considered a bail application filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 by Gangadhar Yashwant Pawar, accused No.6 in a case involving murder, attempted murder, and sexual assault offences under the IPC. The prosecution alleged …
Allowed
Dr. Namrata Vijaykumar Khot applied for anticipatory bail in connection with Crime No. 363 of 2024, charged under IPC sections 406, 420, and r/w 34, and Section 3 of the Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors Act, 1999. An interim bail had been granted earlier, and the applicant cooperated …
Allowed
The applicant, Rutik alias Banty Devanand Londhe, accused No.2 in Crime No. 222 of 2021 (a Special MCOCA case), sought regular bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. The charges included IPC sections 392, 394, 120(B) read with 34, Arms Act section 3(25) and MCOCA …
Allowed
The appellant, convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code for murder, filed a successive interim application seeking suspension of his sentence on the ground of long incarceration, having been in custody for over nine years. The first application for suspension was rejected, but the court …
Allowed
The High Court considered a bail application filed by Kishor Balaso Mane under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. He was accused in Crime No. 765 of 2025 of offences including Section 108 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, alleging that he demanded Rs. 5,00,000 from his …
Disposed Off
The applicant, Taijib Salim Mulani, filed an anticipatory bail application under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, fearing arrest in Crime No. 244 of 2024 for alleged offences under IPC sections 420, 467, 406, 471 and 120(B) r/w 34. Four other accused are involved, and two …
Allowed
Navnath Shivling Bhosale, accused No.4 in a 2018 case involving murder, kidnapping and offences under the POCSO Act, was arrested on 4 November 2019 and remained in judicial custody for nearly 6 years and 9 months. The charge sheet was only framed on 14 August 2025 and no witness had been examined, …
Disposed off as Withdrawn
The applicant, Sachin Virupakash Vibhute, filed a bail application before the Bombay High Court seeking release on bail for alleged offences under IPC sections 406, 409, 417, 420, 506 and sections 3 and 4 of the Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors (In Financial Establishments) Act, …
Allowed
The applicant, a homemaker with a minor child, filed a Miscellaneous Civil Application under Section 24 of the CPC seeking transfer of a marriage petition from the Family Court in Pune to the Family Court in Kolhapur, citing her inability to travel the 250 km distance and lack of income. The …
Allowed
The applicants, Avadhut, Mukund, Krishna and Dattatray Pol, were convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Satara, for offences under Sections 307, 504, 506 and 34 of the IPC, with sentences of rigorous imprisonment. They filed two interim applications seeking suspension of their sentences pending …
Allowed
The applicants, Avadhut, Mukund, Krishna and Dattatray Pol, were convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Satara, for offences under Sections 307, 504, 506 and 34 of the IPC, with sentences of rigorous imprisonment. They filed two interim applications seeking suspension of their sentences pending …
Dismissed
The petitioners were sued in a civil partition suit, which awarded a share of certain properties to the respondent. Subsequently, the petitioners mortgaged those properties without the respondent's consent, obtained a loan of Rs. 3,00,000 and later repaid it. The respondent filed a criminal …
Disposed Off
The applicant, Sangram Rangrao Padalkar, applied for bail in a murder case (IPC sections 302 and 34) before the Bombay High Court. The State objected, citing an earlier order that any liberty must first be sought before the trial court. The applicant’s counsel requested permission to withdraw the …
Allowed
The applicants, Pratibha Pralhad Golvankar and Amol Pralhad Golvankar/Naik, were convicted under IPC sections 353, 504, 506 read with 34 and, for the second applicant, section 309, and sentenced to one year of simple imprisonment. They filed an interim application seeking suspension of the sentence, …
Allowed
The applicant, Yash Prashant Soundade, was charged in Crime No. 114 of 2023 for murder, conspiracy, and offences under the Indian Arms Act and Maharashtra Police Act. He sought regular bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, arguing that his role was identical to that …
Disposed Off
Ashok Ramchandra Panchal was convicted of murder under Section 302 IPC and sentenced to life imprisonment with a fine, based primarily on circumstantial evidence and an extra‑judicial confession to a witness. The appellant, aged 72, filed an interim application seeking suspension of the sentence …
Disposed Off
The High Court considered interim applications filed by two convicts, Ganesh Sonaram Murmu and Rajesh Budhan Tudu, seeking suspension of their life sentences imposed for murder under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the IPC. The prosecution’s case relied on circumstantial evidence that the …
Disposed Off
The High Court considered interim applications filed by two convicts, Rajesh Budhan Tudu and Ganesh Sonaram Murmu, seeking suspension of their life sentences and bail pending appeal against convictions for murder under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the IPC. The prosecution’s case relied on …
Disposed off as Withdrawn
Rahul Shankar Pandit applied for anticipatory bail in a criminal case (CR No. 401/2024) involving alleged offences under IPC sections 420, 409, 406, 120(B), 34 and the Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities (MPID) Act sections 3 and 4. The applicant, through counsel, later sought to withdraw …
Disposed Off
The Court considered six anticipatory bail applications filed under Section 438 of the CrPC by various directors, employees and managers of Adarsh Gramin Bigarsheti Sahakari Patsanstha in connection with FIR No. 20 of 2023, which alleged offences under IPC sections 406, 409, 420, 467, 468, 471 and …
Disposed Off
The Court considered six anticipatory bail applications filed under Section 438 of the CrPC by various directors, employees and managers of Adarsh Gramin Bigarsheti Sahakari Patsanstha in connection with FIR No. 20 of 2023, which alleged offences under IPC sections 406, 409, 420, 467, 468, 471 and …
Disposed Off
The Court considered six anticipatory bail applications filed under Section 438 of the CrPC by various directors, employees and managers of Adarsh Gramin Bigarsheti Sahakari Patsanstha in connection with FIR No. 20 of 2023, which alleged offences under IPC sections 406, 409, 420, 467, 468, 471 and …
Allowed
The applicant, Pranjal Sharadchandra Phadnis, was arrested in connection with a fraud case (Crime No. 314 of 2026) involving alleged diversion of a Rs. 7.50 crore loan meant for a hospital project. The applicant contended that the matter was a private commercial dispute, that he had paid Rs. 3.25 …
Allowed
The applicant, Pranjal Sharadchandra Phadnis, sought interim bail on medical grounds in connection with FIR No. 314 of 2026 alleging offences under Sections 420, 406, 409, 417, 506 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code. The court examined the medical certificate and the unavailability of required …
Allowed
The petitioner, sister‑in‑law of Respondent No. 2, filed a writ petition invoking the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code to quash FIR No. 528/2022 registered for alleged dowry‑related offences under Sections 323, 34, 498‑A, 504 and 506 of the …
Allowed
Sikandar Husen Mulla, the sole accused in a murder case (IPC 302) registered as Crime No.513 of 2021, had been in judicial custody for over 4 years 11 months without any witness examination or trial commencement. He filed a bail application under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha …
Rejected
The appellant, Akash alias Akshay alias Rocky Ashok Bhalekar, was convicted along with co-accused for the murder of Laxmibai under Sections 302, 201 and 120(b) read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment and other terms. He filed an interim application …
Allowed
The Bombay High Court, Kolhapur Bench, considered a bail application filed under Section 483 of the BNSS 2023 by Ajit Balaso Patil, accused of murder and attempted murder under Sections 302 and 307 IPC. The accused had been in custody since September 2018, with the trial still pending and only eight …
Allowed
The applicant, convicted under IPC Section 376(2)(n) and POCSO Act Section 6 and sentenced to 20 years' rigorous imprisonment, filed a criminal appeal 132 days after the judgment. He sought condonation of the delay, citing his youth and lack of parental support, while the State and the second …
Disposed off as Withdrawn
Manish Ramvilas Nagori applied for regular bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in a case involving possession of live cartridges and 865 grams of mephedrone, offences punishable under the Arms Act, 1959 and the NDPS Act, 1985. The trial court had rejected his bail, …
Allowed
The applicant, Akshay Ramchandra Saptale, sought anticipatory bail in Crime No.849 of 2023, which involved offences under Sections 354, 354A, 354D, 506 (read with 34) of the IPC and Sections 8, 9 and 12 of the POCSO Act. He was accused as No.2 among three accused and had already been granted interim …
Allowed
Yogesh Bajirao Madane, accused in Crime No. 41 of 2021 for offences under IPC Section 395 and MCOC Act Sections 3(1)(ii), 3(2) and 3(4), had been in custody for over five years. Two co‑accused in the same case had earlier been released on bail by this Court. The applicant sought regular bail on the …
Allowed
Geeta Shankar Padule was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Barshi, for murder under Section 302 IPC and for causing disappearance of evidence under Section 201 IPC, receiving a life term and a three‑year term to run concurrently. She filed an interim application seeking suspension of the …
Disposed Off
The applicant, Abdullatif Amiroddin Mujawar, filed a second anticipatory bail application under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, in connection with FIR No. 0621 of 2024 alleging offences under IPC Sections 409 and 420. The first anticipatory bail application had been …
Allowed
The High Court of Bombay, Kolhapur Bench, considered an application for bail filed by Asif Aslam Mulla under Sections 483 and 479 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, in connection with offences under Sections 420, 406 (read with 34) of the IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the MPID Act. The …
Allowed
The applicant, Tanaji Raghunath Lengare, sought anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, fearing arrest in a case involving alleged forgery of a Power of Attorney and subsequent sale of property. The prosecution alleged that the sale deed executed on 26 …
Allowed
The applicant, accused of offences under Sections 376(2)(1), 376(D) and 506 read with Section 34 of the IPC, sought regular bail in a case pending before the Sessions Court, Solapur. The prosecution alleged sexual assault of a disabled victim, who later died. The applicant argued for bail on the …
Disposed Off
The petitioners sought quashing of FIR No. 434/2023 and the related criminal proceeding RCC No. 337/2023 for alleged offences under Sections 324, 504 and 34 of the IPC. The complainant, Dhanaji Yashwant Mali, filed an affidavit stating that the dispute with the petitioners had been amicably settled …
Allowed
The High Court considered a bail application filed under Section 483 of the BNSS, 2023 by Kiran Aba Madane, accused No.5 in a case involving IPC Section 395 and MCOCA offences. The applicant sought bail on the ground of parity, arguing that co‑accused Nos.2 and 3 had been released on bail in similar …
Disposed Off
The applicant, Deepak Mahadev Yashwant, filed an anticipatory bail application under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, fearing arrest in a case (Crime No. 08 of 2023) alleging offences under Sections 306 and 420 IPC read with Section 34. The FIR is based on a suicide note …
Disposed off as Withdrawn
The applicant, a 21‑year‑old, was arrested on 25 April 2026 in connection with CR No. 07/2026 and has been in custody for over five months. He filed a bail application seeking release on charges under several IPC sections. The prosecution indicated that the trial court must first examine the victim …
Allowed
The applicant, Sagar Laxman Kharat, was arrested in connection with a theft and robbery case (C.R. No. 582 of 2025) in which gold was allegedly stolen. He sought bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, claiming parity with co‑accused No. 3, who had been released on …
Disposed off as Withdrawn
The applicant, Prem Parshram Bhiungade, sought bail for offences under sections 307, 123 and 103(1) of the Indian Penal Code. During the hearing, his counsel requested permission to withdraw the bail application, citing the applicant's young age and a desire to file a fresh bail petition before the …
Disposed Off
The petitioners, alleging victimhood in a case involving offences under Sections 406, 409, 420 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3 of the Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors (In Financial Establishments) Act, sought a court order for the constitution of a Special Investigation …
Disposed off as Withdrawn
The applicants, Vivek Shrikant Bhandarkavthekar and another, filed an anticipatory bail application (No. 510 of 2026) seeking release on bail for alleged offences under Sections 420, 408, 504, 506 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code. The application was presented before the Hon'ble Court of …
Allowed
Six members of the managing committee of Shri Gopalkrishna Gramin Bigarsheti Sahakari Patsanstha, Dapoli, applied for anticipatory bail after an FIR (Crime No. 162 of 2026) was lodged alleging loan‑sanction irregularities and offences under several IPC sections and the Maharashtra Co‑operative …
Allowed
Six members of the managing committee of Shri Gopalkrishna Gramin Bigarsheti Sahakari Patsanstha, Dapoli, applied for anticipatory bail after an FIR (Crime No. 162 of 2026) was lodged alleging loan‑sanction irregularities and offences under several IPC sections and the Maharashtra Co‑operative …
Dismissed
The applicant, Gautam Nilaka, sought regular bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita for offences of robbery and related crimes under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. He is accused No.2 in a case where senior citizens were robbed of gold ornaments, and the trial court had …
Disposed Off
The petitioners, the sister-in-law and mother-in-law of the complainant, sought quash of FIR No.226/2021 and the charge‑sheet in RCC No.892/2022 alleging offences under Sections 498‑A, 417, 504 r/w 34 IPC. The court found the allegations against the petitioners vague, omnibus and lacking any …
Allowed
Six members of the managing committee of Shri Gopalkrishna Gramin Bigarsheti Sahakari Patsanstha, Dapoli, applied for anticipatory bail after an FIR (Crime No. 162 of 2026) was lodged alleging loan‑sanction irregularities and offences under several IPC sections and the Maharashtra Co‑operative …
Allowed
Six members of the managing committee of Shri Gopalkrishna Gramin Bigarsheti Sahakari Patsanstha, Dapoli, applied for anticipatory bail after an FIR (Crime No. 162 of 2026) was lodged alleging loan‑sanction irregularities and offences under several IPC sections and the Maharashtra Co‑operative …
Allowed
Six members of the managing committee of Shri Gopalkrishna Gramin Bigarsheti Sahakari Patsanstha, Dapoli, applied for anticipatory bail after an FIR (Crime No. 162 of 2026) was lodged alleging loan‑sanction irregularities and offences under several IPC sections and the Maharashtra Co‑operative …
Disposed Off
The applicant, Dattatraya Ramchandra Chandwale, challenged his conviction and sentence imposed by a Judicial Magistrate First Class in 2019 for offences under Sections 166, 167, 219, 466 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code. He filed a revision application and an interim application seeking …
Allowed
Six members of the managing committee of Shri Gopalkrishna Gramin Bigarsheti Sahakari Patsanstha, Dapoli, applied for anticipatory bail after an FIR (Crime No. 162 of 2026) was lodged alleging loan‑sanction irregularities and offences under several IPC sections and the Maharashtra Co‑operative …
Disposed Off
The Court considered six anticipatory bail applications filed under Section 438 of the CrPC by various directors, employees and managers of Adarsh Gramin Bigarsheti Sahakari Patsanstha in connection with FIR No. 20 of 2023, which alleged offences under IPC sections 406, 409, 420, 467, 468, 471 and …
Disposed off as Withdrawn
The applicant, Sugandha Shankar Bhosale, filed an anticipatory bail application seeking release on bail for alleged offences under IPC Sections 419, 420, 465, 467, 468, 471 read with Section 34 and corresponding provisions of the Bombay Narcotic Substances Act, 2023. The applicant’s counsel, Mr. …
Disposed Off
The High Court considered a bail application filed by Yunus Gous Mujawar, who is charged under IPC sections 376, 376(2)(j)(n), 506 and POCSO Act sections 4, 5, 6, 8 and 12 for a crime registered in 2024. The applicant sought bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, and …
Allowed
The applicant, Rahul Dattatray Chavan, sought anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, for alleged offences under Sections 108, 80, 85 read with Section 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, arising from the suicide of his sister‑in‑law. The …
Allowed
The applicant, Shailesh Mohanlal Karava, was convicted under IPC Sections 323, 353 and 506 and sentenced to six months, one month and one month of rigorous imprisonment respectively, to run concurrently, along with a fine of Rs.5,500. After conviction, he filed an application under Section 430(3) of …
Disposed Off
The High Court of Bombay, Kolhapur Bench, entertained a criminal revision application filed by Appa Haribhau Kale challenging his conviction under Sections 143, 147, 148, 323, 324 read with 149 of the IPC. While the revision sought to set aside the conviction, the applicant also filed an interim …
Disposed off as Withdrawn
The applicant, Kirankumar Kalidas Patil, filed an anticipatory bail application seeking pre‑arrest bail in a case registered under IPC Section 420 read with Section 34. The State argued that the alleged offence carried a maximum punishment of seven years and that the investigating officer was …
The petitioners, the sister-in-law and mother-in-law of the complainant, sought quash of FIR No.226/2021 and the charge‑sheet in RCC No.892/2022 alleging offences under Sections 498‑A, 417, 504 r/w 34 IPC. The court found the allegations against the petitioners vague, omnibus and lacking any …
Allowed
The applicant, Sunil Samadhan Maske, a 19‑year‑old, was arrested in June 2023 in connection with the murder of Santosh Jagannath Salunkhe, alleged under IPC sections 302, 397, 201 and 34. The prosecution’s case rests mainly on circumstantial evidence and an alleged extrajudicial confession to a …
Allowed
The applicant, Ashish Dadaso Anuse, filed an anticipatory bail application under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, fearing arrest in a case (Crime No. 238 of 2026) alleging offences under IPC Sections 420 and 406. The FIR alleges that the informant invested Rs 10 lakhs …
Allowed
The applicant, Taslim Tajuddin Shaikh, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Malshiras, in a POCSO Special Case for offences under Section 363 read with Section 34 of the IPC, receiving three years' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs.3,000. While on bail during the trial, the applicant …
Disposed Off
The petitioner, Girish Nigonda Patil, filed a writ petition invoking the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court under Section 482 of the CrPC to quash FIR No. 0090 of 2024 and the accompanying charge‑sheet for offences under Sections 323, 353, 354 and 354‑A IPC, alleging that the FIR was false and …
Allowed
The applicant, Jyotiram Balasaheb Sapkal, was convicted under Section 376 of the IPC for rape in a special (atrocity) case and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment, while being acquitted of charges under the SC/ST Act and the POCSO Act. He filed an interim application seeking suspension of the …
Allowed
Shri Sahebrao Subrao Shelke, a tax consultant, was arrested in connection with a large-scale investment fraud allegedly perpetrated by A.S. Traders and its subsidiaries, and charged under IPC sections 406, 409, 420 read with 34 and MPID Act sections 3 and 4. The applicant contended he was merely an …
Disposed off as Withdrawn
The applicant, convicted under Sections 4 and 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 and Section 376(2)(l)(n) of the IPC, filed an interim application seeking suspension of his 20‑year sentence. While the appeal was pending, the applicant’s counsel requested to withdraw the …
Allowed
The appellants, Sakhrabai Shivaji Mallav and Anita Vijay Bhoi, were convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Solapur, for offences under Sections 302, 307, 452, 504 and 506 read with Section 34 of the IPC, based largely on dying declarations of the deceased Hausabai and circumstantial evidence. …
Allowed
Ankush Sampatrao Jadhav, a director of a cooperative society, was implicated in alleged misappropriation of fixed deposits and false loan claims, leading to an FIR under IPC sections 406, 408, 409, 420, 34 and sections 3 and 4 of the Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors (in Financial …
Allowed
The Bombay High Court, Kolhapur Bench, considered the bail application of Balaso Krushnat Dhangar, who was arrested in connection with a large‑scale investment fraud involving A.S. Traders and Developers and its subsidiaries. The applicant argued that he was merely a victim who had invested Rs.63.34 …
Allowed
The applicant, Rama @ Ramchandra Nagnath Saptale, sought anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, in Crime No. 849 of 2023 involving offences under the IPC (sections 354, 354A, 354D, 506 read with 34) and the POCSO Act (sections 8, 9, 12). He asserted full …
Allowed
The applicant, Pravin Prakash Bhosale, sought anticipatory bail in connection with a FIR alleging fraud and criminal conspiracy under Sections 406, 409, 417, 420 and 120‑B read with Section 34 of the IPC. The prosecution alleged that Bhosale, as Chairman of Sharanya Urban Multipurpose Nidhi Bank, …
Allowed
The High Court considered an interim application filed by Biru Namdev Pandhare seeking suspension of his life imprisonment and other sentences imposed by the Additional Sessions Judge in a 2014 murder and related offences case. The prosecution alleged that Pandhare shot the victim during a land …
Disposed Off
The petitioners sought quashing of FIR No.384 of 2021 and the related charge‑sheet (R.C.C. No.36 of 2022) filed under Sections 498‑A, 323, 504 and 34 IPC, invoking Section 482 of the CrPC. The parties had settled their matrimonial dispute through a mutual‑consent divorce, with the wife receiving …
Disposed Off
The petitioners, accused Nos.1 and 11 in a criminal case under IPC sections 420 and 34, sought quash of the proceedings filed by the complainant, Kamla Yashwant Kolekar, who alleged cheating in a property allotment. The complainant, now 92 years old, filed an Affidavit cum Consent stating she no …
Disposed Off
The Court considered six anticipatory bail applications filed under Section 438 of the CrPC by various directors, employees and managers of Adarsh Gramin Bigarsheti Sahakari Patsanstha in connection with FIR No. 20 of 2023, which alleged offences under IPC sections 406, 409, 420, 467, 468, 471 and …
Disposed Off
The Court considered six anticipatory bail applications filed under Section 438 of the CrPC by various directors, employees and managers of Adarsh Gramin Bigarsheti Sahakari Patsanstha in connection with FIR No. 20 of 2023, which alleged offences under IPC sections 406, 409, 420, 467, 468, 471 and …
Disposed Off
The High Court considered bail applications filed by Sunil Ananda Kashid and Sharad Gaurihar Mundhekar, who were arrested in May 2024 for alleged loan fraud and misappropriation of Rs 13.09 crore in a cooperative society, offences punishable under several IPC sections and the Maharashtra Protection …
Allowed
The applicants, Amrut Arvind Powar and another, were convicted in Sessions Case No.13 of 2024 for offences under Sections 363 and 312 of the Indian Penal Code, with a sentence that was suspended by the trial court and a fine of Rs.30,000 imposed. They filed Interim Application No.1601 of 2025 …
Allowed
Manojkumar Chandrakant Pawar, a resident of Uganda, applied for anticipatory bail in a case (C.R. No.339/2024) alleging offences under Sections 420, 406 r/w 34 of the IPC. He claims he never received the Rs.10 lakh allegedly paid to him by the informant, and that the informant’s allegations are …
Allowed
The appellant, Charles Sidharam Londhe, was injured in a road accident on 21 March 2004 when a State Transport bus driver abruptly accelerated and collided with his motorcycle, resulting in a 38% permanent disability. The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal awarded him a total compensation of Rs …
Disposed Off
The applicant, Mahaveer Babaso Hulle, sought anticipatory bail while being accused of multiple offences under the Indian Penal Code in Crime No. 65 of 2023. An interim protection order had been granted by the Additional Sessions Judge, but the matter was not settled through mediation. The applicant …
Allowed
Kuldeep Kumar Malik, a former constable of the Railway Protection Force (RPF), was removed from service on 25‑02‑2021 on three disciplinary charges under the RPF Rules, 1987. The first charge alleged discreditable conduct based solely on the registration of a criminal case (Crime No. 113/2020) in …
Allowed
The applicant, Amar Appaso Suryawanshi, was charged under Sections 376(2)(n), 506 read with 34 of the IPC, and Sections 3 and 25 of the Arms Act for alleged sexual assault and intimidation. He sought anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the CrPC after the Sessions Judge rejected his earlier bail …
Disposed Off
The applicant, Ketan Sakhahari Gaikwad, sought anticipatory bail in a case (Crime No. 137 of 2023) involving alleged offences under IPC sections 376, 376(20)(n) and 506, where the complainant was a married woman and the relationship was claimed to be consensual. On 14 June 2023 the trial court …
Allowed
The applicant, Kera Laxman Gaikwad, a 75‑year‑old, was charged in Crime No.821 of 2022 for offences under Sections 307, 504 and 506 read with Section 34 of the IPC, based on an FIR alleging assault on the complainant and his mother. On 14 June 2023 the trial court granted anticipatory bail under …
Disposed Off
The applicant, Mainoddin Md. Rafique Hatture, sought anticipatory bail after being implicated in a case (C.R. No.626 of 2022) under Section 366 read with Section 34 of the IPC, alleging forced marriage of a 19‑year‑old girl. The trial court had granted interim bail on 3 July 2023 with specific …
Disposed Off
The applicant, Uday Pandurang Ajagekar, sought anticipatory bail in connection with a fraud case (C.R. No. 642 of 2019) involving alleged loan fraud and multiple IPC offences. An interim bail order was granted on 19 June 2020 and extended to 30 June 2020, later continued up to 30 June 2026. The …
Disposed Off
The appellant, Hajimalang Matab Nadaf, was convicted by the Sessions Court for an attempt to murder under Section 307 of the IPC and sentenced to life imprisonment with a fine. He appealed under Section 374(2) of the CrPC, challenging the admissibility of the knife seized after a delay, the …
Disposed Off
The High Court considered bail applications filed by Sunil Ananda Kashid and Sharad Gaurihar Mundhekar, who were arrested in May 2024 for alleged loan fraud and misappropriation of Rs 13.09 crore in a cooperative society, offences punishable under several IPC sections and the Maharashtra Protection …
Rejected
The petitioners, original accused No.3, filed a criminal revision challenging the trial court's rejection of their discharge application in a case under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. During the hearing on 21 August 2026, the petitioner's advocate, Mr. Vinayak Patil, was absent due to a …
Allowed
The High Court considered an anticipatory bail application filed by Kisan Shripati Galave, a director of a cooperative society, after an FIR was lodged based on an audit alleging misappropriation of Rs.4.97 crore through unauthorised loan disbursements. The applicant contended that he was merely a …
Disposed Off
Vishnu Ramchandra Bhagwat applied for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the CrPC in connection with offences under IPC Sections 420, 406 read with 34 and the Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors Act, 1999 Sections 3 and 4. The trial court on 3 August 2023 granted interim bail with a …
Allowed
The applicants, Hanmant Shivram Sutar and others, filed an anticipatory bail application in connection with Crime No. 112 of 2023, which alleged offences under IPC sections 420, 406, 409, 467, 471 read with section 34. They argued that a co‑accused, Kisan Galave, had already been granted …
Allowed
The applicants, Uday Dinkar Ghadage and Himmat Dinkar Ghadage, applied for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the CrPC in connection with CR No.81 of 2023, alleging offences of rape (IPC 376(2)(n), 376(2)(f)) and criminal intimidation (IPC 504). Earlier, the court had granted interim protection, …
Disposed Off
The applicants, cousin sisters-in-law of respondent no.2, sought quashing of FIR C.R. No. 69 of 2019 registered at Radhanagari Police Station, Kolhapur, for offences under Sections 498-A, 354-A, 354-B, 504 read with 34 IPC, along with the charge-sheet and Regular Criminal Case No. 77 of 2019. The …
Dismissed
The applicants, brother and nephew, sought anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (now Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023) in connection with a cheating case (IPC 420 read with 34) alleging fraudulent transfer of an 85‑year‑old woman's …
Partly Allowed
The applicants (in‑laws of the complainant) filed an application invoking the Court's inherent jurisdiction to quash FIR No. 519 of 2021 and the charge‑sheet filed in RCC No. 317 of 2022, alleging that the FIR contained vague, omnibus accusations and no specific role for them under Sections 323, …
Allowed
The applicant, a homemaker residing in Solapur, filed a miscellaneous civil application seeking transfer of divorce proceedings initiated by her husband in the Family Court at Bandra to the Family Court at Solapur. She contended that she has no source of income, is concurrently involved in criminal …
Disposed off as Withdrawn
The applicant, Vishal Vivek Ghosalkar, filed an anticipatory bail application (No. 2372 of 2023) seeking release on bail if arrested under IPC sections 406, 420, 45, 467, 468 read with 120(b). The applicant's counsel, Mr. Shubham Gangan, later requested unconditional withdrawal of the application, a …
Disposed off as Withdrawn
The applicant, Chandrakant Raghunath Chalke, filed an anticipatory bail application (No. 2371 of 2023) seeking release on bail if arrested under IPC sections 406, 420, 465, 467, 468 read with 120(b). The applicant later, through counsel Shubham Gangan, requested unconditional withdrawal of the …
Allowed
The High Court considered an interim application filed by Sandip Vishnu Hajgulkar, convicted under IPC section 376(2)(n) and POCSO sections 4, 8 and 12 for sexual offences against a 16‑year‑old girl. The applicant sought suspension of the imprisonment sentence and release on bail pending the …