AMOL MOTIRAM BORDE vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR

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Ajit IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION BAIL APPLICATION NO. 4185 OF 2024 Amol Motiram Borde …Applicant Versus State Of Maharashtra and Anr. …Respondents Mr. Prashant Pandey a/w Dinesh Jadhwani a/w Ridhima Mangaonkar a/w Sumati Gupta i/b W3Legal LLP for the Applicant. Ms. Megha S. Bajoria, APP for the State-Respondent No.1. Ms. Racheeta Dhuru a/w Nasir Hussain a/w Prachi Anil Parte for Respondent No.2. PSI – Bapurao Haral, Vanrai Police Station, is present. CORAM Dr. Neela Gokhale, J. RESERVED ON: 16th September 2025 PRONOUNCED ON: 19th September 2025 JUDGMENT:- 1. The Applicant seeks his enlargement on bail in connection with C.R. No. 75 of 2024 dated 19th February 2024 registered with the Vanarai Police Station, Brihanmumbai City, for the offence punishable under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. Page 1 of 21 th 19 September 2025 2. Before adverting to the submissions made by the parties relating to the grant of bail, it is necessary to provide a brief conspectus of the prosecution’s case against the Applicant. 3. The case of the prosecution as discerned from the FIR is that the victim and the Applicant were working in Hub-town, a real estate company at Bandra (W), Mumbai. The Applicant is about 34 years of age and the victim is aged about 41 years. They were colleagues and, on many occasions, while working together, the Applicant had declared his love for the victim. This feeling was however, not reciprocated by the Applicant and she had so conveyed to him. 4. It is alleged that on 18th February 2024, the victim arranged a party at her residence. She invited a few friends including the Applicant to her house. Only a friend named Natasha and the Applicant showed up and the other friends did not attend the party. The App