Santosh Sonu Gavali vs State Thr. C Police Stn Malegaon — 168/2026

The court granted anticipatory bail to five accused in a family dispute case arising from a post-death ritual function where the deceased's wife and her relatives were not invited and subsequently assaulted with utensils. The judge found that since the hosts had discretion over invitations, the incident stemmed from a family matter with no criminal antecedents of the accused, and further investigation could proceed without custodial detention. Each accused was released on bail of Rs. 25,000 with conditions including weekly police station attendance and restrictions on witness intimidation or evidence tampering. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.