Bombay High Court
NITESH BABU MANJREKARversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA
- Decided
- Disposal
- Disposed Off
- Bench
- SHIVKUMAR DIGE
Holding
The anticipatory bail application was dismissed as infructuous because the applicant had already obtained regular bail.
Summary
The applicant, Nitesh Babu Manjrekar, filed an anticipatory bail application (No. 1246 of 2025) before the Bombay High Court. No counsel appeared on his behalf. The State's counsel, B. B. Kulkarni, informed the Court that the applicant had been arrested during the pendency of the application and subsequently released on regular bail. Relying on this development, the Court held that the anticipatory bail application was rendered moot. Consequently, the Court dismissed the application as infructuous.
Issues considered
- Whether an anticipatory bail application should be entertained when the applicant has already been granted regular bail.
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- regular bail
- criminal procedure
- bail jurisdiction
- High Court
Judgment
10-ABA-1246-2025 (CR).doc
Shubhada S Kadam
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 1246 OF 2025
Nitesh Babu Manjrekar
Versus
The State of Maharashtra
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None for Applicant.
Mr. B. B. Kulkarni, APP for Respondent-State.
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CORAM : SHIVKUMAR DIGE, J.
DATE : 17th JULY, 2026.
P.C. :
1. None present for the applicant.
2. Learned APP, on instructions, submits that during the pendency
of this application, the applicant was arrested and he has been released on
regular bail.
3. Considering the submission of learned APP, the application has
become infructuous and is dismissed.
(SHIVKUMAR DIGE, J.)
Digitally
signed by
SHUBHADA
SHUBHADA SHANKAR
SHANKAR KADAM
KADAM Date:
2026.07.18
16:09:17
+0530
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