2026:BHC-AS:11489 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION NO. 340 OF 2026 Janu Alias Janya Ananta Waghmare … Applicant Versus The State of Maharashtra and Anr. … Respondents Digitally signed NILAM by NILAM ____________________________________________________________

SANTOSH S K A A N M T B O L S E H KAMBLE Date: 2026.03.09

18:01:07 +0530 Ms.Pooja Agarwal, for the Applicant (Through V.C.)

Mr.S.M. Mangaonkar, APP for Respondent-State.

Mr.Siddharth Sutaria, for Respondent No.2.

Mr.Prakash Waghmare, PSI, Lonavala Gramin Police Station.

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CORAM : SHIVKUMAR DIGE, J.

DATE : 05^th MARCH 2026 P.C. :

. By this Application, the Applicant is seeking regular bail in Crime No.297 of 2024 registered with Lonavala Rural Police Station, Pune for the offences punishable under Sections 64, 74, 87, 96 and 333 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (‘BNS’ for short) and Sections 4,8 and 12 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (‘POCSO’ for short).

2. It is prosecution’s case that the Applicant kidnapped minor daughter of the First Informant and sexually assaulted her.

3. It is