Extracted from the PDF above. The PDF is authoritative.
1/2 40- ABA-2457-2025 (CR).DOC IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO.2457 OF 2025 Radhika Kiran Jadhav ….Applicant VERSUS The State Of Maharashtra and Anr. ....Respondents _________________________________________________________________ Mr. Shankar Katkar a/w Ms. Tanaya Doke, for Applicant. Mr. Nitin B. Patil, APP, for Respondent No.1 - State. API, Mr. Vinod Vishwanath Laturkar, Mangalvedha Police Station, present. _________________________________________________________________
CORAM : ASHWIN D. BHOBE, J. DATE : 22nd SEPTEMBER, 2026. P.C.
1. Heard Mr. Shankar Katkar, learned Advocate for the Applicant and Mr. Nitin B. Patil, learned A.P.P. for Respondent No.1 – State.
2. Notice was issued to the Respondent No.2 on 1st September
2026.
3. Mr. Nitin B. Patil, learned A.P.P. for Respondent No.1 – State, on instructions from the Investigating Officer, states that the Investigating Officer has served Respondent No.2 and that Respondent No.2 has communicated that he has no interest in contesting this proceeding. Shantanu S. Dhudum SHANTANU SHANKARSA DHUDUM Digitally signed by SHANTANU SHANKARSA DHUDUM Date: 2026.09.22 20:19:18 +0530
2/2 40- ABA-2457-2025 (CR).DOC
4. By the present Application filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, “BNSS”), the Applicant is seeking pre-arrest bail, apprehending arrest in connection with Crime No.841 of 2024 registered at Mangalvedha Police Station, for the offences punishable under Sections 189(2), 191(2), 191(3), 190, 118(1), 115(2), 74, 119(1), 333, 324(4), 352, 351(2), 351(3) and 135 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short, “BNS”).
5. Mr. Nitin B. Patil, learned A.P.P. for Respondent No.1 – State, on instructions from the Investigating Officer investigating Crime No.841 of 2024, submits that the custodial interrogation of the Applicant is not required in Crime No.841 of 2024.
6. In view of the statement made by Mr. Nitin B. Patil, learned A.P.P. for Respondent No.1 – State, that the custodial interrogation of the Applicant (Radhika Kiran Jadhav) is not required in Crime No.841 of 2024, Mr. Shankar Katkar, learned Advocate for the Applicant, states that the apprehension of the Applicant are allayed and this Application may be
disposed of.
7. By taking on record the statement made by Mr. Nitin B. Patil, learned A.P.P. for Respondent No.1 – State, that the custodial interrogation of the Applicant is not required in Crime No.841 of 2024, Criminal Anticipatory Bail Application No.2457 of 2025 is disposed of.
( ASHWIN D. BHOBE, J.) Shantanu S. Dhudum