39-BA---2997-26.doc rsk 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.2997 OF 2026 Sunny Shirish Misal .. Applicant Versus The State of Maharashtra .. Respondent ....................  Mr. Vishwajeet M. Patil a/w. Ms. Ashwini V. Raut, Mr. Ajay B. Patil i/b. Mr. Omkar S. Bamdale, Advocates for Applicant.  Mr. Amit A. Palkar, APP for the Respondent-State. ................... CORAM : MILIND N. JADHAV, J. DATE : SEPTEMBER 18, 2026 P.C. : 1. Heard Mr. Patil, learned Advocate for Applicant and Mr. Palkar, learned APP for Respondent – State. 2. By this application, the Applicant is seeking regular bail in Crime No. 47 of 2026 registered with Lonavala Police Station, Pune, for the offence punishable under Section 69 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 3. The Applicant in the present case is 34 years old whereas the prosecutrix is 29 years old. They were engaged to get married. Both families were also involved. They met each other on Shaadi.com and thereafter had regular meetings and for a period of almost 11 months went out together. Complaint has been filed on the premise of a singular incident on 23.06.2025 in Lonavala where Complainant 1 of 4 RAJESHWARI SUBODH KARVE Digitally signed by RAJESHWARI SUBODH KARVE Date: 2026.09.19 17:34:09 +0530 39-BA---2997-26.doc accompanied the Applicant. Prima facie statements which recorded by the investigating agency show that allegation of dowry is at the centre of the break-up. However, in the statements which are recorded of the relatives of the prosecutrix viz., her mother and sister, it is seen that initially according to prosecution rupees one lakh was demanded, however in another statement the said figure is stated to be Rs.50,000/- but in the supplementary statement recorded that at the time of filing of FIR after almost after 9 months of the incident in question, the dowry figure is stated to be Rs.10 Lakhs. 4. I have perused the WhatsApp material which is appended to the application in question and reading the same reflects that Respondent No.2 was completely aware about her actions as also the consequences. There is no evidence of violence, hurt or abuse as can be seen from the material which has been placed on record and therefore considering the mature age of prosecutrix and she willingly accompanying the Applicant regularly as per her own statement for 11 months, Applicant has made out a case for grant of bail. The complicity of the Applicant in the crime in question can be proved at trial. In view of the above, the following order is passed:- (i) Applicant - Sunny Shirish Misal is directed to be immediately released from prison in connection with Crime No.47 of 2026; 2 of 4 39-BA---2997-26.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 or two sureties in the like amount; (iii) Applicant shall report to the Investigating Officer at Lonavala Police Station, once every month on the first Sunday of the month between 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. until commencement of trial and thereafter shall attend all dates of hearing before the Trial Court; (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 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. 3 of 4 39-BA---2997-26.doc 5. 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. 6. Bail Application is allowed and disposed in the above terms. rsk [ MILIND N. JADHAV, J. ] 4 of 4