915-ABA-586-2026.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 586 OF 2026 Baburao Keshav Jadhav ...Applicant Versus. The State of Maharashtra And Anr. ...Respondents ----- Mr. Kishor Walanju a/w Navneet Adsul, Advocate for the Applicant. Mr. S. H. Yadav, APP for the Respondent – State. PC Gavade, Karmala Police Station, is present. ------- CORAM : ASHWIN D. BHOBE, J. DATE : 7th October, 2026. P.C. : 1. Heard, Mr. Kishor Walanju learned Advocate for the Applicant and Mr. S. H. Yadav, learned APP for the Respondent – State. 2. By the present Application filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, the Applicant, a senior citizen aged 78 years, is before this Court seeking pre-arrest bail in connection with Crime No. 140 of 2026 registered at Karmala Police Station for offences punishable under Sections 103(1), 118(1), 118(2), 351(2), 351(3), 352, and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 3. Mr. S. H. Yadav, learned APP for the Respondent – State, states that the Investigating Officer, Karmala Police Station, is conscious that Arjun 1 915-ABA-586-2026.doc the Applicant is a 78-year-old person with severe ailments, as recorded by the Medical Officer (page no. 24 of the Application paperbook). He therefore submits that the custodial interrogation of the Applicant is not required, subject to the Applicant appearing before the Investigating Officer, Karmala Police Station, on at least 2 days and co-operating with the investigation in Crime No. 140 of 2026. 4. Mr. Kishor Walanju, learned Advocate for the Applicant, on instructions from the Applicant, states that the Applicant shall appear before the Investigating Officer on 12th and 13th October, 2026, from 10:00 am to 11:00 am and co-operate with the investigation in Crime No. 140 of 2026. The statement made by Mr. Kishor Walanju, learned Advocate for the Applicant, is accepted as a statement to the Court. 5. Based on the statement made by Mr. S. H. Yadav, learned APP, that the custodial interrogation of the Applicant is not required in Crime No. 140 of 2026, Mr. Kishor Walanju, learned Advocate for the Applicant, on instructions from the Applicant, submits that the Applicant's apprehensions are allayed and that this application be disposed of. 6. By taking the statements made by Mr. Kishor Walanju, learned Arjun 2 915-ABA-586-2026.doc Advocate for the Applicant and Mr. S. H. Yadav, learned APP, on record, this Application is disposed of. (ASHWIN D. BHOBE, J.) Arjun 3 ARJUN KRISHNA RODGE Digitally signed by ARJUN KRISHNA RODGE Date: 2026.10.08 14:31:37 +0530