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2023 Supreme(Online)(Bom) 3354

HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY
M. S. KARNIK, J
AMIT MADHUKAR BHOGALE – Appellant
Versus
THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Raja Thakare, Mahesh Mule, Nidhi Narwekar, Akash Kavade, Siddharth Jagushte, Kanishk Waghwase
For the Respondents: Subhash Jha, Siddharth Jha, Ritesh Kesarwani, Praveena Venkatraman, Mrunal Jadhav, H. S. Venegavkar, Veera Shinde

Table of Content
1. applications for default bail under cr.p.c. (Para 1)
2. supreme court's interpretation of section 167(2) cr.p.c. (Para 2 , 3)
3. factual summary of the murder case and charge-sheet timings. (Para 4 , 5)
4. court conclusion on entitlement to bail. (Para 6 , 26 , 30)
5. arguments for default bail based on delay under mcoca. (Para 7)
6. counterarguments from the prosecution regarding custody under mcoca. (Para 8 , 10 , 12 , 14 , 18 , 20)
7. court's extended analysis on the nature of investigations. (Para 9)
8. legal interpretations impacting the right to bail. (Para 11 , 13 , 15 , 19 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 27 , 29)
9. final rejection of bail applications. (Para 31)

ORAL JUDGMENT:

1. These are the applications claiming entitlement to default bail under Section 167 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (hereafter ‘Cr.P.C.’ for short).

2. Before adverting to the facts of the present case, I may at the very outset seek guidance from the decision in Aslam Babalal Desai vs. State of Maharashtra ,(1992) 4 SCC 272 wherein the object and scope of Section 167 of the Cr.P.C. has been authoritatively stated. Paragraph 36 thereunder reads thus:-

“36. In Natabar Parida and Ors. v. Stat

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