Bombay High Court

EDWARD WILLIAM SIMPSONversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Decided: 31 August 2026
Disposal: Disposed off as Withdrawn

Holding

The court disposed of the anticipatory bail application as withdrawn.

Summary

Edward William Simpson filed an anticipatory bail application before the Bombay High Court. His counsel, on his instructions conveyed via email dated 31 August 2026, sought to withdraw the application. The court considered the request for withdrawal. No substantive merits of the bail application were examined. The court disposed of the anticipatory bail application as withdrawn.

Issues considered

Whether the anticipatory bail application can be withdrawn at the applicant's request

Subjects

anticipatory bail
withdrawal
criminal procedure
high court

Judgment

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          signed by
          KANCHAN
                                  IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
KANCHAN   VINOD
VINOD     MAYEKAR
MAYEKAR   Date:
          2026.08.31
          18:37:55
          +0530                        CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                                 ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 1882 OF 2026

                       EDWARD WILLIAM SIMPSON                            ….. APPLICANT
                             VS
                       STATE OF MAHARASHTRA & ANR.                       ….. RESPONDENTS

                       Adv. Sonam Pandey a/w. Adv. Shifa Ansari i/b. Adv. Shagufta
                       Masarguppi for the Applicant.

                       Ms. Poonam P. Bhosale, APP for the Respondent – State.

                                                CORAM : PRAFULLA S. KHUBALKAR, J.
                                                DATE : 31ST AUGUST, 2026.

                       P.C. :-

                       1)           Learned counsel for the applicant on instructions seeks

                       permission to withdraw the instant application in view of the

                       instructions communicated to the learned counsel by e-mail dated 31 st

                       August, 2026.

                       2)           Accordingly, the application is disposed of as withdrawn.




                                                               [PRAFULLA S. KHUBALKAR, J.]

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