Nagpur: The Sessions Court in Nagpur has granted regular bail to Sachin Harish Shambhwani, accused in FIR No. 0623/2025 registered at Rana Pratap Nagar Police Station, in connection with an alleged assault stemming from a family property dispute.
The bail plea was argued by Adv. Munish R. Perke, Founder of The Aegis Law Group, assisted by Adv. Mansi V. Bansod, Adv. Sayyad Shoaib Ali, and interns Ms. Khushali Dalal and Ms. Harshita Shrivastava.
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According to the FIR filed by Neeraj Amarlal Shambhwani, the incident took place on October 7, 2025, in Sindhi Hindi Colony, Khamla, where the accused allegedly attacked his cousin with an iron rod during a confrontation over ancestral property. Following medical confirmation that the injury was grievous, police invoked Section 118(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, which carries a maximum punishment of ten years. The accused was arrested on October 15 and released two days later after the court’s order granting bail.
Despite Shambhwani’s ongoing trial in a separate large-scale financial fraud case—where he had spent over three months in custody earlier this year—the court accepted the defense’s contention that the present case was driven by family hostility rather than criminal intent.
Adv. Perke’s defense emphasized the right of private defense, asserting that the complainant’s party initiated the attack by throwing a heavy stone that injured the accused. The alleged retaliatory act, the defense argued, was a spontaneous and proportionate response to aggression rather than a deliberate assault.
The defense team also pointed out contradictions in the FIR and questioned the authenticity of the alleged video evidence, describing it as selectively edited. They further submitted a counter-complaint filed by the accused on October 15, detailing his injuries and alleging aggressive behavior by the complainant’s family.
Highlighting that “criminal law cannot punish an act of self-preservation,” Adv. Perke argued that proportionality and context must guide any assessment of self-defense claims. Convinced by this reasoning, the court held that further custodial interrogation was unnecessary at this stage.
The order is being seen as a strategic victory for the defense, setting the stage for a detailed investigation into the cross-complaints filed by both sides. The case also reflects an increasing number of intra-family property disputes in Nagpur escalating into full-fledged criminal proceedings.
