31.BA.3657.2026.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.3657 OF 2026 Rohidas Namdeo Sonawane .. Applicant Versus The State of Maharashtra .. Respondent ....................  Ms. Shubhangi Parulekar a/w. Ms. Grishma Parab, Advocates for Applicant.  Ms. Sangeeta E. Phad, APP for Respondent. ................... CORAM : MILIND N. JADHAV, J. DATE : SEPTEMBER 30, 2026 P.C. : 1. Heard Mr. Parulekar, learned Advocate for Applicant and Ms. Phad, 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.46 of 2024 registered with Alandi Police Station, Pune for offences punishable under Sections 302, 201, 120B and 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. 3. Applicant in the present case is arraigned as Accused No.3 in the present crime. He is incarcerated for past more than 2 years and 6 months in prison. No direct role is attributed to the Applicant in so far actual incident and act is concerned. The only case of prosecution is of circumstantial evidence. Accused is neither named in the First Information Report. He came to be arrested only on the basis of 1 of 4 31.BA.3657.2026.doc confessional statement of the co-accused of his complicity in the crime but to what extent his complicity was there has not been explained neither it has been preliminarily investigated by the prosecution. 4. All that prosecution comes up with is the fact that there are certain Call Detail Records which shows that one of the co-accused person was in constant contact with the present Applicant and therefore the Applicant is implicated in the crime. No specific overt act having been attributed to the Applicant before me. Investigation having been completed, evidence being that of circumstantial in nature and no criminal antecedents either persuade me to consider the case of Applicant for grant of bail. Prima facie, it is seen that First Informant has turned hostile and not supported the case of prosecution either. 5. Considering the aforesaid, Applicant is released on bail subject to following conditions:- (i) Applicant - Rohidas Namdeo Sonawane is directed to be immediately released from prison in connection with Crime No. 46 of 2024; (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; 2 of 4 31.BA.3657.2026.doc (iii) Applicant shall report to the Investigating Officer at Alandi 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 (viii)Any infraction of the conditions shall entail cancellation of 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 3 of 4 31.BA.3657.2026.doc 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 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 14:40:06 +0530