Bombay High Court

TAHER HUSSAIN ABDUL RAHMAN MEWATIversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Disposal: Withdrawn
Bench: MEHROZ K PATHAN

Holding

The High Court allowed the withdrawal of the anticipatory bail application and disposed of it as withdrawn, granting liberty to approach the Sessions Court.

Summary

The applicant, Taher Hussain Abdul Rahman Mewati, filed an anticipatory bail application (No. 253 of 2026) before the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench. The application had previously been rejected, and the applicant sought to withdraw the current application and instead approach the Sessions Court for relief. The learned counsel for the applicant requested permission to withdraw, citing the earlier rejection. The Court, after hearing, granted permission to withdraw the anticipatory bail application and ordered it to be disposed of as withdrawn, while allowing the applicant liberty to approach the Sessions Court. No substantive merits of the bail claim were addressed as the application was withdrawn.

Issues considered

What is the appropriate procedure for withdrawing an anticipatory bail application before the High Court?
Whether the applicant can be granted liberty to approach the Sessions Court for the same relief after withdrawal?

Subjects

anticipatory bail
withdrawal of application
Criminal Procedure Code
High Court
Sessions Court

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:7302



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                                                                         253.26ABA

                          IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                     BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                     910 ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO.253 OF 2026

                          TAHER HUSSAIN ABDUL RAHMAN MEWATI
                                             VERSUS
                                 THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA
                                                 ...
                    Advocate for Applicant : Mr.Shaikh Md. Aamir Abdul Qadir
                           APP for Respondent-State : Mrs.P.J.Bharad
                                                …
                                           CORAM : MEHROZ K. PATHAN, J.
                                             DATE      : 17.02.2026

                    P.C. :

                    1]           After hearing for some time, when this Court was
                    not inclined to grant any relief to the present applicant on the
                    ground of earlier rejection of his application, without liberty
                    to approach this Court again, the learned counsel for the
                    applicant, upon instructions, seeks leave to withdraw the
                    present application, with liberty to approach the learned
                    Sessions Court for the same relief.


                    2]           Permission is granted. The Anticipatory Bail
                    Application is disposed of as withdrawn, with liberty as
                    aforesaid.


                                                          [MEHROZ K. PATHAN]
                                                                JUDGE
                    DDC

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