Nikhil Chandrakant Mane vs The State Of Maharashtra on 21 April, 2025

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Nikhil Chandrakant Mane vs The State Of Maharashtra on 21 April, 2025

Bench: J.K. Maheshwari, Aravind Kumar

     ITEM NO.7                           COURT NO.6                SECTION II-A

                               S U P R E M E C O U R T O F      I N D I A
                                       RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

          Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.)           No(s).   3109/2025

     [Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 02-09-2024
     in CRLBA No. 1969/2024 passed by the High Court of Judicature at
     Bombay]

     NIKHIL CHANDRAKANT MANE                                         Petitioner(s)

                                                 VERSUS

     THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA                                        Respondent(s)

     Date : 21-04-2025 This petition was called on for hearing today.

     CORAM :              HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE J.K. MAHESHWARI
                          HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ARAVIND KUMAR

     For Petitioner(s) :Mr. Sachin Jaysing Patil, Adv.
                        Mr. Geo Joseph, Adv.
                        Mr. Risvi Muhammed, Adv.
                        Mr. Rishabh Agarwal, Adv.
                        Mr. Sachin Patil, AOR

     For Respondent(s) :Ms. Rukhmini Bobde, Adv.
                        Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv.
                        Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR
                        Ms. Soumya Priyadarshinee, Adv.
                        Mr. Vinayak Aren, Adv.
                        Mr. Amlaan Kumar, Adv.
                        Mr. Jatin Dhamija, Adv.
                        Mr. Naveen Kumar Bhardwaj, Adv.


                          UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
                                             O R D E R

1. Against an order of rejecting regular bail by
Signature Not Verified

Digitally signed by
Gulshan Kumar Arora
Date: 2025.04.21
15:58:40 IST
Reason:

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the High Court and to seek bail, the present special

leave petition has been filed. The petitioner is in

custody w.e.f. 17.10.2021 in connection with FIR No

539/2021 dated 17.10.2021 for the offences punishable

under Sections and 302, 143, 147, 148, 149, 504 and

506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Sections 4 and

25 of the Arms Act registered with Police Station

Shivaji Nagar, Kolhapur, Maharashtra.

2. Having considered the role assigned to the

petitioner, period of incarceration, the fact that

the investigation qua the petitioner is complete and

the facts and circumstances of the case, without

expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, we

deem it appropriate to release the petitioner on

bail.

3. Accordingly, we direct that the petitioner be

released on bail on furnishing the suitable bail

bonds and sureties and on such other terms and

conditions as may be deemed fit by the trial Court.

4. Petitioner to abide all the conditions as

imposed and shall regularly attend the trial until

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exempted by the Court. Violation, if any, may give a

cause to take recourse as permissible and the trial

Court is at liberty to do the needful.

5. Accordingly and in view of the foregoing, the

special leave petition stands allowed.

6. Pending application(s), if any, shall stand

disposed of.

(GULSHAN KUMAR ARORA)                                     (NAND KISHOR)
     AR-CUM-PS                                         ASSISTANT REGISTRAR




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