31.BA.2041.2026.doc HARSHADA H. SAWANT (P.A.) IN IN THE THE HIGH HIGH COURT COURT OF OF JUDICATURE JUDICATURE AT AT BOMBAY BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION BAIL APPLICATION NO.2041 OF 2026 Vishal Sanjay Zendge .. Applicant Versus The State of Maharashtra .. Respondent ....................  Mr. Uday Warunjikar a/w. Mr. Manjeet Lotankar and Mr. Dattatray Yadav, Advocates i/by Mr. Gagandeep Singh for Applicant.  Mr. Yogesh M. Nakhawa, APP for Respondent.  HC 8340 - K. V. Lokhavale, Bharati Vidyapaeeth Police Station. ................... CORAM : MILIND N. JADHAV, J. DATE : SEPTEMBER 29, 2026 P.C. : 1. Heard Mr. Warunjikar, learned Advocate for Applicant and Mr. Nakhawa, learned APP for Respondent. 2. This is an Application under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking Bail in connection with C.R. No.374 of 2025 registered with Bharati Vidyapith Police Station, Pune for offences punishable under Sections 108, 85, 115(2), 352, 351(2), 351(3) read with Section 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 3. Applicant in the present case is the husband of the deceased. He and his entire family has been indicted and made an accused in the crime. Charge for cruelty has been charged qua the total accused 7 members of the family of the Applicant. 4. The record prima facie shows that in so far as the charge for 1 of 4 31.BA.2041.2026.doc cruelty and abetment to suicide is concerned, there is no specific overt act whatsoever which shows proximity to the incident in question. It is seen that the marriage of the parties subsisted for a period of almost 2 years 4 months. There is no proximate link demonstrated by the prosecution, save and except to refer to and rely upon witness statements of friends which have been recorded with regard to stray incidents of harassment as narrated to them on phone by the victim to be the only hearsay material placed before the Court for the present. 5. There is no distinct or independent role having been attributed to the present Applicant save and except that he had insulted the deceased-victim once in the presence of her friends and that also has been narrated on phone by the victim to one of her friends who has disclosed the same well after the incident in question. The material which is placed on record prima facie enables the Applicant to be released and enlarged on bail on the principle of parity, as the charge is purely circumstantial in nature. The Applicant is arrested on 10.08.2025. All the co-accused have been enlarged on bail. Complicity of Applicant in the crime can undoubtedly proved by the prosecution at trial. 6. Considering the aforesaid, Applicant is released on bail subject to following conditions:- (i) Applicant - Vishal Sanjay Zendge is directed to be 2 of 4 31.BA.2041.2026.doc immediately released from prison in connection with Crime No.374 of 2025; (ii) Applicant is directed to be released on bail on furnishing P.R. Bond of Rs. 25,000/- (Rs. Twenty Five Thousand only) with one or two surety / sureties of the like amount; (iii) Applicant shall report to the Investigating Officer at Bharati Vidyapith Police Station, Pune once every month on the first Monday of the month between 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.; (iv) Applicant shall co-operate with the conduct of trial and attend the Trial Court on all dates, unless specifically exempted and will not take any unnecessary adjournments, if he does so it will entitle the prosecution to apply for revocation of this order; (v) Applicant shall not leave the State of Maharashtra without prior permission of the Trial Court; (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 address and mobile contact number and / or change of residence or mobile details, if any, from time to time, as applicable; and 3 of 4 31.BA.2041.2026.doc (viii)Any infraction of the conditions shall entail cancellation of bail granted to the Applicant. 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 Application is allowed and disposed of in the above terms. H. H. SAWANT [ MILIND N. JADHAV, J. ] 4 of 4 HARSHADA HANUMANT SAWANT Digitally signed by HARSHADA HANUMANT SAWANT Date: 2026.09.30 10:29:08 +0530