Bombay High Court

AVINASH SHANKAR PAWARversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Decided: 3 September 2026
Disposal: Disposed off as Withdrawn

Holding

An anticipatory bail application may be withdrawn by the applicant even after the charge-sheet is filed.

Summary

The applicant, Avinash Shankar Pawar, had filed an anticipatory bail application in the High Court of Bombay. After the charge-sheet was filed against him, his counsel, Adv. Poonam Pal, on behalf of Adv. Dhiraj Bansode, sought permission to withdraw the anticipatory bail application. The court considered the request and found no impediment to the withdrawal. Consequently, the application was disposed of as withdrawn. No substantive merits of the bail request were examined as the matter was withdrawn by the applicant.

Issues considered

Whether an anticipatory bail application can be withdrawn after the charge-sheet has been filed

Subjects

anticipatory bail
withdrawal
criminal procedure
charge-sheet

Judgment

                                                     904-ABA-1572-2026.ODT




             IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                   CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
            ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 1572 OF 2026
Avinash Shankar Pawar                                    …Applicant
      Versus
The State of Maharashtra                                 …Respondent


Adv. Poonam Pal (Through V. C. ) i/b Adv. Dhiraj H. Bansode,
for the Applicant.

Mr. Arfan Sait, A.P. P., for the Respondent – State.

API Vijay Waghmare, Naya Nagar Police Station, Mumbai,
is present.


                         CORAM :          PRAFULLA S. KHUBALKAR, J.
                         DATE        :     3RD SEPTEMBER 2026
P. C:-

1.          Adv. Poonam Pal holding for Adv. Dhiraj Bansode, learned

counsel for applicant states that the charge-sheet is already filed

and therefore on instructions, seeks permission to withdraw the

application.

2.          Accordingly, the application is disposed of as withdrawn.




                                           (PRAFULLA S. KHUBALKAR, J.)
VDMokal/-




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