Overview

• Justice N R Borkar directed payments of ₹4 lakh to the alleged victim and ₹1 lakh to the Police Welfare Fund within six weeks.
• The case stems from a September 13 Mulund–Airoli Road collision, after which police say a truck helper was forced into a car and later found at Khedkar’s Pune residence.
• Prosecutors opposed bail, citing injuries the helper reportedly suffered while allegedly in Khedkar’s custody.
• A Navi Mumbai sessions court had earlier rejected anticipatory bail, and the High Court ruling provides only pre-arrest protection as the probe continues.
• Driver-bodyguard Praful Salunkhe remains in judicial custody, and Khedkar’s wife Manorama previously received anticipatory bail for allegedly obstructing police.