18. BA 3656-2026.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION BAIL APPLICATION NO. 3656 OF 2026 Adinath alias Aditya Ishwar Girame .Applicant Vs. The State of Maharashtra .Respondent Mr. Utkarsh Pondkule a/w. Ms. Ekta Patil & Mr. Prashant Hagare, Advocates, for the Applicant Mr. S. A. Karmakar, APP, for the Respondent – State Mr. S. Y. Rajput, GPSI, Yavat Police Station, Pune(Rural) present CORAM : MILIND N. JADHAV, J. DATE : 29.09.2026 P. C. 1. Heard Mr. Pondkule, learned Counsel for the Applicant and Mr. Karmakar, learned APP for the Respondent – State. 2. This Application is filed under Section 483 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short “BNSS”) in connection with C.R.No. 888 of 2025 registered with Yavat Police Station, Pune(Rural) for offences punishable under Sections 109 & 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short “BNS”) and under Sections 4 & 25 of the Arms Act. 3. The Applicant before me is a young offender. He is indicted in a crime for causing grievous hurt. The Injury Certificates are appended at page Nos. 24 & 25 and they have been perused by me. There are some Anand 1 of 4 ANAND SUDHAKAR SUDAME Digitally signed by ANAND SUDHAKAR SUDAME Date: 2026.09.29 20:38:50 +0530 18. BA 3656-2026.doc fractures to some persons but a major number of the injuries are simple in nature. The incident in question is such that the injured witness and his friends insisted performance of lavni dance for their pleasure and insisted the girls to dance and perform not with standing the fact that it was too late in the night and the in charge of the Kala Kendra, where the said dances were performed persuaded them to come on the following day. It appears that this may be the probable reason for the verbal altercation and the skirmish which took place. Though according to the prosecution case, a completely innocuous and different reason has been given that the Applicant along with his friends came on the scene of crime and started assaulting the injured victim and his friends. The witness statements, however, prima facie show that there is no nexus whatsoever with regard to the reason given as stated in the FIR. After reading the witness statements and the FIR, it is prima facie clear that the incident in question occurred because of the insistence on the part of injured victim and his friends. Be that as it may, considering the fact that the Applicant is a young offender and he is already incarcerated for 11 months, I am inclined to accept the case of the Applicant for allowing him to bail. 5. Hence, in view of above prima facie observations and finding, Bail Application of Applicant is allowed subject to the following terms Anand 2 of 4 18. BA 3656-2026.doc and conditions:- (i) Applicant – Adinath alias Aditya Ishwar Girame is directed to be immediately released from prison in connection with CR. No. 888 of 2025; (ii) Applicant is directed to be released on bail on furnishing P.R. Bond of Rs.15,000/- (Rs. Fifteen Thousand only) with one or two sureties of the like amount; (iii) Applicant shall report to the Investigating Officer at Yavat Police Station, Pune(Rural), once every month, on the first Monday of the month between 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. until commencement of trial and thereafter shall attend all dates of hearing before the Trial Court; (iv) Applicant shall co-operate with the conduct of the trial and remain present before the Trial Court on all dates, unless specifically exempted. Applicant shall not seek unnecessary adjournments. Any such conduct shall entitle the prosecution to apply for cancellation of bail; (v) Applicant shall not leave the State of Maharashtra without prior permission of the Trial Court; Anand 3 of 4 18. BA 3656-2026.doc (vi) Applicant shall not influence any of the witnesses or tamper with the evidence in any manner; (vii) Applicant shall keep the Investigating Officer informed of his current residential address and mobile telephone number and shall forthwith inform the Investigating Officer of any change in his residential address or mobile telephone number, as and when such change occurs; and (viii)Any breach or infraction of any of the aforesaid conditions shall entail cancellation of the bail granted to the Applicant. 6. It is clarified that the observations made in this order are limited for the purpose of granting bail only and I have not made any observations on merits of the case. The trial shall be adjudicated on the strength of the evidence led and strictly on its own merits being uninfluenced with any of the prima facie observations made hereinabove in this order. 7. Bail Application is allowed and disposed in the above terms. (MILIND N. JADHAV, J.) Anand 4 of 4