Overview

• Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate K S Zanwar granted bail to Nitin Deshmukh and Sarjerao Takale on July 22 with personal and surety bonds of Rs 25,000 each.
• The court observed that police custody failed to uncover any motive or accomplices tied to the violent altercation.
• Deshmukh and Takale must appear monthly at the Marine Drive police station as the probe shifts to technical steps such as CCTV review.
• Both were arrested on July 18 after supporters of NCP (SP) MLA Jitendra Awhad and BJP legislator Gopichand Padalkar clashed in the Vidhan Bhavan lobby during the monsoon session.
• Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis lamented the breach of legislative decorum and noted that both accused face multiple pending criminal cases.