1.BA.3292.2026.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.3292 OF 2026 Pandurang Arjun Vighne .. Applicant Versus The State of Maharashtra .. Respondent ....................  Mr. Aniket Vagal a/w. Ms. Juhi Kadu and Ms. Savvy Kolhekar, Advocates for Applicant.  Mr. Yogesh M. Nakhwa, APP for Respondent.  PSI – Govind Khating, Shirur Police Station Rural. ................... CORAM : MILIND N. JADHAV, J. DATE : AUGUST 29, 2026 P.C. : 1. Heard Mr. Vagal, learned Advocate for Applicant and Mr. Nakhwa, learned APP for Respondent. 2. This is an Application under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 / Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking Bail in connection with C.R. No.80 of 2024 registered with Shirur Police Station for offences punishable under Sections 302, 201, 364, 324 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. 3. Perused the record of the case. Applicant is indicted and arraigned as Accused No.3 in the present crime in the offences indicted under IPC. The deceased victim is Krushna Gokul Vighne and according to prosecution case, Applicant alongwith co-accused 1 of 4 1.BA.3292.2026.doc assaulted with wooden log and tied the deceased and took him to Tempo and threw him in Ghod river and where his body was found floating. 4. Prima facie, case of prosecution is not based upon any direct evidence. Whatever little circumstantial evidence is placed before the Court, merely shows and throws light upon the last seen theory and that too it is stated to be four days old. 5. Prima facie, material which is placed on record and witness statements recorded that too of the wife of the deceased shows that there was a subsisting property dispute between the parties in which the deceased person desired to have his share. Since there is no direct evidence, whatsoever attributed to the Accused and because Accused happens to be on the opposite side, there is every probability that Accused may have been framed. 6. Be that as it may, no specific evidence and though the last seen theory being a weak link and Accused No.2 already having been enlarged on bail by order dated 11.02.2026, copy of which is appended at page No.111 of the Application, Applicant has made out case for grant of bail subject to following conditions:- (i) Applicant is directed to be immediately released from prison in connection with Crime No. 80 of 2024; 2 of 4 1.BA.3292.2026.doc (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 surety of the like amount; (iii) Applicant shall report to the Investigating Officer at the concerned Police Station, once every month on the first Saturday of the month between 11:00 a.m. to 02:00 p.m.; (iv) The Applicant shall not enter into the limits of village Anandgaon, Taluka – Shirur, till conclusion of the trial; (v) 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; (vi) Applicant shall not leave the State of Maharashtra without prior permission of the Trial Court; (vii) Applicant shall not influence with any of the witnesses or tamper with the evidence in any manner; (viii)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 1.BA.3292.2026.doc (ix) 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: 2026.08.29 15:06:26 +0530