Five held for harbouring expelled NCP functionary & elder son get bail in Pune
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Pune: A magisterial court on Tuesday granted bail to five people, including the son of a former Karnataka minister, on charge of harbouring expelled NCP functionary Rajendra Hagawane and his elder son, Sushil.
The two were on the run in connection with the alleged suicide of Vaishnavi, Hagawane's younger daughter-in-law, at their home in Bhukum on May 16.
The court of judicial magistrate first class VP Khandare rejected the prosecution's plea to send the accused — Rahul Jadhav (45), Preetam Patil (47), Mohan Begade (59), Amol Jadhav (35) and Bandu Phatak (55) — into custody. The decision was made because the men had been arrested for a bailable offence under provisions of section 249 (b) (harbouring an offender) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
The court granted bail to the accused upon furnishing a personal bond and a surety bond in the like amount. Earlier, Bavdhan police's senior inspector Anil Vibhute produced the accused before the court and filed a report to send them to custodial remand for three days.
Assistant public prosecutor Nitin Adagale submitted before the court that custodial interrogation of the accused was essential to collect details of the monetary assistance offered by the five men to Rajendra and his son.
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Adagale feared that Rajendra and his son, who are influential people from a political background, could tamper with evidence and threaten witnesses through the accused.
The prosecution sought time to establish the identity of others responsible for harbouring the father-son duo while they were on the run.
Defence lawyers Sushilkumar Pise, Kundalik Gawade, Sachin Jadhav and Shrikant Panhale told the court that the custodial interrogation of their clients was not essential because they were arrested for a bailable offence.
The court upheld the defence plea, sent the accused to magisterial custody remand, and ordered their release on bail.
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