29.BA.3414.2026.doc Ajay 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. 3414 OF 2026 Ganesh Dnyaneshwar Satav .. Applicant Versus State of Maharashtra .. Respondent ....................  Mr. Hrishikesh Ghorpade, Advocate appearing through video conferencing a/w. Mr. Siddharth Sutaria, Advocate for Applicant.  Mr. Sukanta A. Karmakar, APP for Respondent – State.  API – Ms. Shobha Bhandavalkar, Chaturshrungi Police Station, Pune present. ......…........... CORAM : MILIND N. JADHAV, J. DATE : SEPTEMBER 09, 2026. P.C.: 1. Heard Mr. Ghorpade, learned Advocate appearing through video conferencing for Applicant and Mr. Karmakar, learned APP for Respondent – State. 2. This is an Application under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) seeking regular bail in connection with C.R.No.341 of 2026 registered with Chaturshrungi Police Station, District Pune for the offences punishable under Sections 123, 125 and 278 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNS’). 3. Applicant is indicted in the offense for having been found in possession of 132 Mephentermine Sulphate Injections IP which have 1 of 5 29.BA.3414.2026.doc been seized from him. The case of the prosecution is that the said injections were given to Applicant for safe keeping by the Accused No.1 who is a Gym trainer by profession. The prosecution was led to Applicant only by the Accused No.1 when he was apprehended outside a medical shop on secret information received by the prosecution qua the Accused No.1 only. After Accused No.1 was apprehended his investigation and statement disclosed that he had kept a consignment of 132 injections for safe keeping with his friend i.e. the present Applicant, who is arraigned as Accused No.2. 4. Insofar as prosecution case against present Applicant is concerned, it is based solely on circumstantial evidence. There are also other recoveries made at the instance of Accused No.1 with regard to 30 ml liquid bottles containing the said injection. The case of Accused No.1 before prosecution was that, since he was into bodybuilding and worked as a trainer in a gymnasium, he had kept those MS injections for sale. No prima facie role of the present Applicant arraigned as Accused No.2 has otherwise been noted or shown by the prosecution in relation to the alleged contraband substance, nor has any money trail been established to prima facie demonstrate his complicity. The Applicant before me is an agriculturist and is a friend of Accused No.1. 2 of 5 29.BA.3414.2026.doc 5. Appropriate material is placed before me to demonstrate the credentials of Applicant including that he owns substantial agricultural land. In that view of the matter, the Applicant stands released on bail. 6. Hence, in view of above prima facie observations and finding, Bail Application of Applicant is allowed subject to the following terms and conditions:- (i) Applicant – Ganesh Dnyaneshwar Satav is directed to be immediately released from prison in connection with CR. No.341 of 2026; (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 sureties in the like amount; (iii) Applicant shall report to the Investigating Officer at Chaturshrungi Police Station, once every month, on the first Monday of the month between 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. until commencement of trial and thereafter shall attend all dates of hearing before the Trial Court; (iv) Applicant shall cooperate with the conduct of the trial and remain present before the Trial Court on all dates, unless specifically exempted. Applicant shall not seek 3 of 5 29.BA.3414.2026.doc unnecessary adjournments. Any such conduct shall entitle the prosecution to apply for cancellation of bail; (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 residential address and mobile telephone number and shall forthwith inform the Investigating Officer of any change in his residential address or mobile telephone number, as and when such change occurs; and (viii)Any breach or infraction of any of the aforesaid conditions shall entail cancellation of the bail granted to the Applicant. 7. 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. 4 of 5 29.BA.3414.2026.doc 8. Bail Application is allowed and disposed in the above terms. [ MILIND N. JADHAV, J. ] Ajay 5 of 5 AJAY TRAMBAK UGALMUGALE Digitally signed by AJAY TRAMBAK UGALMUGALE Date: 2026.09.09 20:39:33 +0530