31-BA---792-26.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.792 OF 2026 Siddhant @ Shooter Shambhaji Bhosale .. Applicant Versus The State of Maharashtra .. Respondent ....................  Mr. Zaid Anwar Qureshi, Advocate for Applicant.  Ms. Shilpa G. Talhar, APP for the Respondent-State. ................... CORAM : MILIND N. JADHAV, J. DATE : SEPTEMBER 18, 2026 P.C. : 1. Heard Mr. Qureshi, learned Advocate for Applicant and Ms. Talhar, learned APP for the Respondent-State. 2. By this application, the Applicant is seeking regular bail in Crime No. 332 of 2023 registered with Jejuri Police Station, Pune, for the offence punishable under Sections 302, 120B and 201 of the IPC. 3. The Applicant in the present case is arraigned as accused No.5 and case of prosecution against the accused is that he along with other accused persons hatched criminal conspiracy to commit murder of deceased victim. Eight out of the eleven accused persons have already been enlarged on bail. Prima facie, after reading the FIR copy which is appended at Exhibit ‘A’, it shows that prosecution recovered body of deceased victim from the incident site which is a canal after having 1 of 4 RAJESHWARI SUBODH KARVE Digitally signed by RAJESHWARI SUBODH KARVE Date: 2026.09.19 17:34:09 +0530 31-BA---792-26.doc been informed about the same. There is no direct evidence of the crime. 4. The evidence of prosecution is circumstantial. Applicant has no criminal antecedents. While releasing the other accused on bail, this Court vide orders dated 26.06.2026 and 06.09.2026 have referred to the aforesaid reasons. There is no other evidence either in the form of CCTV footage or statement of any witness which leads to the presence of the Applicant or any specific role having been attributed to the Applicant. The Applicant was arrested on 22.07.2023 and trial has not commenced and in that view of the matter it will take long time for the trial to conclude. On parity, and right of Applicant to a speedy trial, learned Advocate had made out a case for grant of bail. 5. Hence, Applicant is granted bail on the following terms and conditions: (i) Applicant - Siddhant @ Shooter Shambhaji Bhosale is directed to be immediately released from prison in connection with Crime No.332 of 2023; (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 Jejuri Police Station, once every month on the first Sunday of 2 of 4 31-BA---792-26.doc 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 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 Country 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. 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 3 of 4 31-BA---792-26.doc hereinabove in this order. 7. Bail Application is allowed and disposed of in the above terms. rsk [ MILIND N. JADHAV, J. ] 4 of 4