22-APEAL-590-2026.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 590 OF 2026 Navnath Bapu Dhaygude …Appellant V/s. The State of Maharashtra & Anr. ...Respondents Mr. Prashant Hagare, a/w Adv. Utkarsh R. Pondkule & Ms. Ekta Patil, Advocate for the Appellant. Mr. P. H. Gaikwad, APP for the Respondent/State. Mr. Vignesh Ashokan i/b Mr. Mahesh Arjun, Advocate for the Respondent No.2. CORAM : N.R. BORKAR, J. DATE : 29.09.2026. P.C. : 1. This appeal takes exception to the order dated 03.07.2026 passed by the Special Court, Baramati, in Criminal Bail Application No. 432 of 2026. 2. By the order impugned, the learned Special Court has rejected the anticipatory bail application filed by the present appellant, who is apprehending his arrest in Crime No. 542 of 2026 registered at Yavat police station for the offences punishable under Sections 69 & 351(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Pramod S.Lakare 1/3 22-APEAL-590-2026.doc Sections 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s) & 3(2)(w) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. 3. The allegations against the present appellant are that he had repeatedly subjected the victim to sexual intercourse on the false promise of marriage. 4. The learned counsel for the appellant and the learned counsel for the respondent No.2 jointly submit that due to misunderstanding the FIR was lodged. It is submitted that the appellant and the respondent No.2/victim have now married each other. 5. Considering the facts and circumstances, I am inclined to release the appellant on anticipatory bail. In the result, the following order is passed : O R D E R i) The appeal is allowed. ii) The order impugned is set aside. iii) In the event of the arrest of the appellant Pramod S.Lakare 2/3 22-APEAL-590-2026.doc in Crime No. 542 of 2026 registered at Yavat police station for the offences punishable under Sections 69 & 351(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Sections 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s) & 3(2)(w) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, he shall be released on furnishing P.R. Bond in the sum of Rs. 25,000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount. [N.R.BORKAR, J.] Pramod S.Lakare 3/3