2025:BHC-AS:55729

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 3402 OF 2025

Rahul S. Jadhav …Applicant

V/s.

The State of Maha ...Respondent.

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Ms Sonam Pandey for the Applicant.

Mr. B.V. Holambe Patil, APP for the Respondent/State.

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CORAM : N.R. BORKAR, J.

DATE : 17.12.2025.

P.C. :

1. This is an Application for anticipatory bail.

2. The Applicant is apprehending his arrest in Crime No.842 of 2025 registered with Koparkhairane Police Station for the offences punishable under Sections 118(2) & 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya

Sanhita, 2023.

3. According to the prosecution, on the date of incident, which took place on 15^th October 2025, the present Applicant and other co-accused assaulted the first informant and his friend Akshay with a cricket bat, wooden stick and beer bottle on account of a trivial issue. It is alleged that in the said incident, they sustained

grievous injuries. Accordingly, the present crime was registered.

4. I have heard learned counsel for the Applicant and Learned

APP for the Respondent-State.

5. Learned counsel for the Applicant submits that the name of the Applicant is not mentioned in the FIR. It is submitted that there are no criminal antecedents against the present Applicant. It is submitted that the Applicant, without prejudice to his rights and contentions, is willing to pay an amount of Rs.25,000/- to the first informant and injured Akshay, i.e., Rs.12,500/- to each of them, towards the medical expenses. It is submitted that the Applicant is ready and willing to cooperate in the investigation.

6. On the other hand, Learned APP for the Respondent-State submits that the first informant and the injured Akshay were assaulted on vital parts. It is submitted that to recover the wooden stick, etc., the custodial interrogation of the present Applicant is necessary.

7. I have perused the FIR and the statement of injured Akshay. Prima facie, the incident does not appear to be premeditated. There are no other criminal antecedents against the present Applicant. Considering the overall facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to release the Applicant on anticipatory bail.

Hence, the following order:-

ORDER

i. The Anticipatory Bail Application is allowed.

ii. In the event of the arrest of the Applicant in Crime No.842 of 2025 registered with Koparkhairane Police Station for the offences punishable under Sections 118(2), 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, he shall be released on bail on furnishing a PR Bond in the sum of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand Only)

with one or two sureties in the like amount.

iii. The Applicant shall attend the concerned Police Station on 22^nd December 2025 and 23^rd December 2025 from 11.00 am to 2.00 pm and thereafter as and when called for by the investigating officer and shall co-operate in the investigation.

iv. The Applicants shall hand over the two Demand Drafts of Rs.12,500/- each to the Investigating Officer within a period of two weeks. The Investigating Officer shall hand over the said Demand Drafts to the first informant and injured Akshay.

8. The Anticipatory Bail Application is disposed of in the aforesaid terms.

[N.R.BORKAR, J.]