41.ABA-2675.26..DOC IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 2675 OF 2026 Rambhau Namdev Kondhre & Anr. … Applicants V/s. State of Maharashtra …. Respondent ______________________ Mr. Vipul Dushing a/w Mr. Yash Surana, Mr. Sarvesh Nikam and Mr. Ghogare, for the Applicants. Ms. M. R. Tidke, APP, for the Respondent-State. Mr. M. V. Kadam, Police Hawaldar, EOW, Pune City present. ______________________ CORAM : MADHAV J. JAMDAR, J. DATED : 28 SEPTEMBER 2026 P. C. :- 1. Heard learned counsel appearing for the Applicants and learned APP for the State. 2. By this application filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Samhita, 2023, the Applicants are seeking pre- arrest bail in connection with C.R. No.328 of 2026 for the offences punishable under Sections 13 and 14 of the Maharashtra Ownership Flats Act, 1963 and Sections 316(5), 318(4) and 3(5) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS). Page 1 PPN PRACHI PRANESH NANDIWADEKAR Digitally signed by PRACHI PRANESH NANDIWADEKAR Date: 2026.10.01 14:19:39 +0530 41.ABA-2675.26..DOC 3. It is the submission of the learned counsel appearing for the Applicants that the Applicants i.e accused nos.5 and 6 are the owners of the property which has been given for development to accused nos.1 and 4. As per the F.I.R., the flat purchasers have not been handed over possession of the flats within time limit and, therefore, the offence is registered. He submits that the Applicants are not involved in the crime. It is submitted that although for a brief period, the owners were also lead partners of Venkateshwara Construction Firm, who were developing the said property, the Accused nos.1 to 4 failed to pay the total consideration to the Applicants and therefore, the Applicants also have initiated criminal proceedings where report has been filed by the police stating that the Accused nos.1 to 4 have cheated these Applicants. Applicant no.1 is a senior citizen of 71 years. There are no antecedents against Applicant no.2. As far as Applicant no.1 is concerned, there is one antecedent as his relative has died by suicide and, therefore, an offence bearing C.R. No.746 of 2023 has been registered against him under Sections 306, 504 read with Section 34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860. 4. On the other hand, Ms. Tidke, learned APP for the State strongly opposes the application. She submits that the Applicants Page 2 PPN 41.ABA-2675.26..DOC are the owners of the property and it has been given to Accused nos.1 to 4 for development. Learned APP submitted that the offence is very serious, as the flat purchasers have not been given possession. 5. The prosecution case is set out in paragraph 4 of the order dated 9 September 2026 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Pune in Criminal Bail Application No. 4181 of 2026. Which reads as under :- “4. The informant lodged report alleging that since July 2020 till lodging of the FIR, the builder, land owner and partners of Venkateshwara Construction Firm and the Grand Project Survey No.4/25 have received an amount of Rs.24,81,000/- from the informant and other persons towards sell of the flat and assured them that they will hand over possession of the flat till January 2023. Moreover, the builder, land owner and partners have not completed the construction work of the flats and utilised the amount for other project for their personal profit and thus cheated the informant and others and therefore the informant lodged report against accused, on the basis of said report, present crime has been registered.” 6. However, it is required to be noted that the Applicants are the owners of the property and entrusted the development work to the Accused Nos. 1 to 4 on the basis of sharing 50% of the consideration to be received from the flat purchasers and, therefore, they have been made partners in partnership firm- Venkateshwara Construction Firm. As they found that accused Page 3 PPN 41.ABA-2675.26..DOC nos.1 to 4 are cheating them as well as the flat purchasers, they retired from the said partnership firm by Deed of Retirement dated 20 December 2023. Thereafter, they initially filed a complaint with Ambegaon police station. However, as there was no response, they filed a criminal application bearing No.1365 of 2026 under Section 175 (3) of the BNSS and order has been passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class (JMFC) directing an enquiry under Section 202 of the BNSS. The report which has been submitted to the learned JMFC, Shivaji Nagar, Pune has been annexed at pages 65 to 72 of this Anticipatory Bail Application. The last paragraph of said report dated 3 June 2026 is very relevant which reads as under :- " मंजुर नकाशा २०१८ पीएमआरडीए सॅक्शनप्रमाणे विकसकांनी ठरल्याप्रमाणे ठरलेल्या ेळे त ०९ मजली वि"ल्डींग पुण$ करणे अपेवि&त असताना "ांधकाम विहीत ेळे त पुण$ के लेले नाही. तसेच १ ते ९ मजल्यावरील ५४ फ्लॅट कोंढरे यांना करारानुसार देणे अपेक्षि त असताना ८ फ्लॅट अगोदरच इतर ग्राहकाला क्षिवकून परत तेच फ्लॅट कोंढरे कु टूंक्षि'यांना परत दस्त करुन देऊन कोंढरे कु टूंक्षि'यांची फसवणूक के ली आहे. तसेच जागा मालक यांच्या मालकी हक्काची व ता'े वक्षिहवाटीची उव0क्षिरत १७ आर ेत्राचा एफएसआई १०८५ चौमी हा अक्षिक0 टेक शेखर वाल्हेकर यांना क्षिवकसकांनी खोटी माक्षिहती देवुन क्षिवकसक यांनी मंजुर नकाशाप्रमाणे जमीन मालकांची मोठी फसवणुक करुन १०, ११ व्या मजल्याकक्षिरता सदर एफएसआय वापरुन त्याची क्षिवक्री के ली आहे. तसेच १०,११ वा मजला 'ांधकाम करण्यासंदर्भाा0त जमीन मालकांना क्षिवश्वासात न घेता, त्यांची सहमती न घेता व कोणताही मो'दला न देता क्षिशवाय १० व्या व ११ व्या मजल्याच्या 'ांधकामाकक्षिरता मंजुरी नसताना खोटी कागदपत्र जोडुन Page 4 PPN 41.ABA-2675.26..DOC अॅग्रीमेंट दु सेल करुन १० व्या व ११ व्या मजल्यावरील फ्लॅट ग्राहकांना क्षिवकलेले आहेत. १० व्या व ११ व्या मजल्यावरील २२ सदक्षिनकांपैकी ५० टक्के सदक्षिनका म्हणेच ११ सदक्षिनका या जागा मालकाच्या असतानाही २२ पैकी १९ सदक्षिनका ( सदक्षिनका क्र १००१, १००२, १००३, १००४, १००५, १००६, १००७, १००९, १०१०, १०११, १०१२, ११०३, ११०४, ११०५, ११०६, ११०८, ११०९, १११०, १११२) जागा मालकाच्या अपरो परस्पर इतर ग्राहकांना क्षिवकून त्याच्यातून कोट्यावधी रुपये कमवून ते पैसे या "ांधकामास न ापरता दुस- या "ांधकाम साईट, स्ताःच्या ैयक्तीक हॉटेल व्यसायाविकरता ापरुन तसेच ैयविक्तक खात्यार ग$ करुन घेऊन विकसक श्री. संदीप नामदे कासार, विकरण भानुदास पार, रमजान विहदायतुल्ला शेख स$ रा, अस्टोविनया रॉयल सोसायटी, आं"ेगा "ु पुणे यांनी कोंढरे कु टूंवि"यांची फसणूक करुन सदर रकमेचा अपहार के ल्याचे पुराव्याविनशी प्रथमदश$नी विदसत आहे. कविरता पुढील काय$ाहीस्त अहाल सविनय सादर करीत आहोत.” (Emphasis Added) 7. Thus it is clear that in fact the Applicants are also victims and they have been cheated by Accused nos.1 to 4 i.e., the developers. Thus, prima facie the Applicants are not involved in the crime. 8. In any case, the Applicants are ready to cooperate with the investigation. Applicant no.1 is a senior citizen of 71 years. Although there is one antecedent, the same is of the year 2023 where Applicant no.1’s relative is alleged to have been died by suicide. 9. Thus in the facts and circumstances, case is made out for grant of Anticipatory Bail by imposing following conditions :- O R D E R Page 5 PPN 41.ABA-2675.26..DOC (a) In the event of arrest of the Applicants in connection with C.R. No.328 of 2026 registered with Ambegaon Police Station, Pune City, the Applicants are directed to be released on bail on furnishing P.R. Bond in the sum of Rs.30,000/- each with one or two solvent sureties each in the like amount. (b) The Applicants shall attend the concerned Police Station as and when necessary. (c) The Applicants shall furnish their cell phone number and residential address to the Investigating Officer and shall keep the same updated, in case of any change thereto. (d) The Applicants shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat, or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade such a person from disclosing the facts to the Court or to any Police personnel. (e) The Applicants shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence and shall not contact or influence the Complainant or any witness in any manner. Page 6 PPN 41.ABA-2675.26..DOC 10. The observations made in this order are only for the purpose of considering the anticipatory bail application and the learned Trial Court shall not be influenced by these observations. 11. The Anticipatory Bail Application is disposed of accordingly. [MADHAV J. JAMDAR, J.] Page 7 PPN