Overview

• Justices Ajay Gadkari and Ranjitsinha Bhonsale rebuked police and prison authorities for not releasing Ramesh Gaichor despite a High Court order granting temporary bail.
• Gaichor’s three-day bail was set for 9 am September 9 to 6 pm September 11 to visit his ailing father, with a PR bond and Rs 25,000 cash security required.
• Taloja prison declined to release him, citing a week-long holiday and insisting on a sessions-court release warrant, a practice the bench called high-handed.
• Public Prosecutor Mankunwar Deshmukh acknowledged confusion over CrPC Section 388, apologized in court, and said an apology affidavit would be filed by Thursday.
• The defense asked the court to reset the interim-bail window to September 16–19 after the cash security was deposited on September 9 but the release was not executed.