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Bombay High Court

VIKRAM VINAYAK DEDEversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Disposal
DISMISSED

Holding

The anticipatory bail application was dismissed as infructuous because the applicant was arrested during its pendency.

Summary

Vikram Vinayak Dede applied for anticipatory bail under CrPC. While the application was pending, he was arrested. The applicant's counsel informed the court that the arrest rendered the anticipatory bail application infructuous. The court, noting the change in circumstances, dismissed the anticipatory bail application as infructuous. No further relief was granted.

Issues considered

  • Whether an anticipatory bail application can continue after the applicant has been arrested

Subjects

  • anticipatory bail
  • infructuous
  • arrest
  • CrPC

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:37168




                                               1                          aba 1449.26

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                 BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                      ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 1449 OF 2026

                         Vikram Vinayak Dede                     ..   Applicant

                               Versus

                         The State of Maharashtra                ..   Respondent

                 Shri Rohit Patwardhan, Advocate h/f Shri Satej S. Jadhav,
                 Advocate for the Applicant.
                 Shri M. A. Aher, A.P.P. for the Respondent.

                                    CORAM : R. M. JOSHI, J.
                                     DATE : 18TH AUGUST, 2026.

                 ORDER :


                 .       Not on board. By consent of the learned counsel taken on
                 board.


                 2.      Learned counsel for the applicant makes statement that
                 during the pendency of the application, the applicant is arrested
                 and, therefore, application has become infructuous. Anticipatory
                 bail application is dismissed as infructuous.



                                                           [ R. M. JOSHI, J. ]

                 bsb/Aug. 26


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