4.BA.3266.2026.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.3266 OF 2026 Ravi Baliram Telange .. Applicant Versus The State of Maharashtra .. Respondent ....................  Mr. Gaurav Kakade a/w. Mr. Alpesh Vegad, Mr. Pradip Naik, Advocates for Applicant.  Mr. Yogesh M. Nakhwa, APP for Respondent.  Police Sub-Inspector Sunil Daud, Bhosri Police Station. ................... CORAM : MILIND N. JADHAV, J. DATE : AUGUST 24, 2026 P.C. : 1. Heard Mr. Kakade, learned Advocate for Applicant and Mr. Nakhwa, 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.51 of 2026 registered with Bhosri Police Station for offences punishable under Sections 109, 115(2),118(1) 3(5) and 352 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. The Applicant is arrested on 04.2.2026 for having assaulted the victim with a knife, which is a regular kitchen knife. 3. The incident occurred on the spur of the moment between a group of friends who were chatting with each other in a public place, and it is prima facie seen from the statements which are recorded and 1 of 4 4.BA.3266.2026.doc also from the copy of the First Information Report (for short ‘FIR’) which is appended at page No.62 that the actual incident was a result of back-bitching (pqxY;k amongst friends) and filthy abuse been exchanged and traded between both the parties. 4. Witness statements prima facie record that both the parties ended up initially abusing each other and then there was a physical fistfight, which unfortunately led to the incident in question. Both Applicant and the victim are working in TCS. Applicant is a weldor by profession. By virtue of he having been arrested on 04.02.2026 he has already undergone the ignominy of the sentence, which may probably even affect his job otherwise. Insofar as the actual incident is concerned, it is prima facie seen from the record of the case that there was no premeditation or planning whatsoever, and the incident in fact took place on the basis of the aforesaid reasons which are alluded to hereinabove. A knife blow having been inflicted by the Applicant on the head and abdomen has landed him in prison. The injury that is caused is by virtue of a blunt trauma and a contused lacerated wound on the forehead. However, prima facie, there appears to be variance in the eye witness account and first informant’s version which is narrated in the FIR and the medical evidence regarding the location of the injury. The Applicant has no criminal antecedents whatsoever and considering the nature of the offense and the manner in which it has occurred, the prolonged pre-trial incarceration of the Applicant would 2 of 4 4.BA.3266.2026.doc undoubtedly be detrimental to the Applicant as also to his prospective job life. 5. Considering the aforesaid prima facie observations, Applicant has made out case for grant of bail and following order is passed:- (i) Applicant is directed to be immediately released from prison in connection with Crime No.51 of 2026; (ii) Applicant is directed to be released on bail on furnishing P.R. Bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. Ten Thousand only) with one surety of the like amount; (iii) Applicant shall report to the Investigating Officer at the concerned Police Station, Sunday once in a month between 09:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.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 with any of the witnesses or tamper with the evidence in any manner; (vii) Applicant shall keep the Investigating Officer informed 3 of 4 4.BA.3266.2026.doc 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. 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 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: 2026.08.24 19:48:07 +0530