4. BA 3609-2026 (common order).doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION BAIL APPLICATION NO. 3609 OF 2026 Tejas Anil Gangurde alias Hyder Ali khan .Applicant Vs. The State of Maharashtra .Respondent WITH BAIL APPLICATION NO. 2727 OF 2026 1. Raheman Jafar Shaikh .Applicants 2. Sameer Zakir Shaikh Vs. The State of Maharashtra .Respondent Mr. Amit Pradhan, Advocate, for the Applicants Ms. Shilpa G. Talhar, APP, for the Respondent – State Mr. S. S. Sanap, HC, Nasik Road Police Station present CORAM : MILIND N. JADHAV, J. DATE : 28.09.2026 P. C. 1. Heard Mr. Pradhan, learned Counsel for the Applicants and Ms. Talhar, learned APP for the Respondent – State. 2. These Applications are filed under Section 483 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short “BNSS”) in connection with C.R.No. 479 of 2025 registered with Nashik Road Police Station for offences punishable under Section 310(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Anand 1 of 5 ANAND SUDHAKAR SUDAME Digitally signed by ANAND SUDHAKAR SUDAME Date: 2026.09.29 11:23:06 +0530 4. BA 3609-2026 (common order).doc Sanhita, 2023 (for short “BNS”), under Sections 3, 4 r/w. 25 of the Indian Arms Act and under Section 135 of the Maharashtra Police Act. 3. The Applicant in the present case is the young offender. Three out of the five Accused persons have been apprehended by the police while patrolling when they attempted to run away from the spot at about 9.00 p. m. near the vicinity of an establishment called “Patil Nursery” situated near Valdevi river. Save and except the aforesaid, there is no other case of the prosecution. Insofar as the other Accused persons are concerned, Chilli Powder, one Skype (Koyta) and one country made revolver were recovered from them. The Applicant has been indicted and arrested on the confessional statement of the other Co-accused persons. Considering that the other other Co-accused persons have been granted bail and prima facie evidence of the prosecution, being circumstantial qua the present Applicant before me and the Applicant having been incarcerated for the past more than one year, persuade me to allow the present Application. The Application is allowed. 4. Learned Prosecutor points out that against the present Applicant, there are two antecedents and therefore, the case for bail should not be considered. However, in view of my aforesaid prima facie observations and the fact that the Applicants have been apprehended on the basis of Anand 2 of 5 4. BA 3609-2026 (common order).doc suspicion of their preparation to commit the crime and since the weapons were found on three out of the five Accused persons who have in fact been granted bail, I am inclined to consider the case of the Applicants for grant of bail. 5. Though Bail Application No. 2727 of 2026 has been tagged along with the above Bail Application, being Cri.B.A.No. 3609 of 2026, it has not been shown on board rather in the disclaimer note, the said Application is shown to be tagged and to be heard along with the present Application. Hence, both the Applications are taken up for hearing today. 6. Hence, in view of above prima facie observations and finding, Bail Applications of Applicants are allowed subject to the following terms and conditions:- (i) Applicants – Tejas Anil Gangurde alias Hyder Ali khan, Raheman Jafar Shaikh & Sameer Zakir Shaikh are directed to be immediately released from prison in connection with CR. No. 479 of 2025; (ii) Applicants are directed to be released on bail on furnishing P.R. Bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rs. Twenty Five Thousand only) each with one or two sureties of the like amount; Anand 3 of 5 4. BA 3609-2026 (common order).doc (iii) Applicants shall report to the Investigating Officer at Nashik Road Police Station, 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) Applicants shall co-operate with the conduct of the trial and remain present before the Trial Court on all dates, unless specifically exempted. Applicants shall not seek unnecessary adjournments. Any such conduct shall entitle the prosecution to apply for cancellation of bail; (v) Applicants shall not leave the State of Maharashtra without prior permission of the Trial Court; (vi) Applicants shall not influence any of the witnesses or tamper with the evidence in any manner; (vii) Applicants shall keep the Investigating Officer informed of their current residential addresses and mobile telephone numbers and shall forthwith inform the Investigating Officer of any change in their residential addresses or mobile telephone numbers, as and when such change occurs; and Anand 4 of 5 4. BA 3609-2026 (common order).doc (viii)Any breach or infraction of any of the aforesaid conditions shall entail cancellation of the bail granted to the Applicants. 7. 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. 8. Bail Applications are allowed and disposed in the above terms. (MILIND N. JADHAV, J.) Anand 5 of 5