Bombay High Court grants bail to person arrested in the Shivaji statue collapse case
The arrested person had only submitted a structural stability report for the pedestal of the statue, which was intact even after the collapse, the judge observed
The Bombay High Court on Thursday (November 21, 2024) granted bail to a structural consultant, Chetan Patil, who was arrested in the case of the collapse of the Shivaji statue at Rajkot Fort in Malvan city of Sindhudurg district. Mr. Patil was arrested on August 30, from Kolhapur, after the 35-foot Shivaji statue collapsed on August 26.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated the statue on December 4, 2023, on Navy Day, nearly nine months before it collapsed.