Overview
- Justice N R Borkar ordered payments of Rs 4 lakh to the truck helper and Rs 1 lakh to the Police Welfare Fund within six weeks.
- The court said Khedkar would be released on a Rs 25,000 personal bond if arrested and must cooperate with police questioning.
- Rabale police registered the case under Section 137(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita after a September 13 collision on the Mulund–Airoli Road.
- Police say helper Prahlad Kumar was forced into an SUV and located at Khedkar’s Pune bungalow the next day, with driver Praful Salunkhe in judicial custody.
- Prosecutors opposed bail citing reported injuries to the victim, while the defence called the confinement allegation imaginary and said the helper left the next morning.