Bombay High Court
ROHIT GAUTAM SALVIversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA
- Decided
- Disposal
- Disposed off as Withdrawn
Holding
The anticipatory bail application is permitted to be withdrawn with liberty to file a fresh application disclosing all criminal antecedents.
Summary
Rohit Gautam Salvi applied for anticipatory bail. The court noted that he had failed to disclose all his criminal antecedents in the affidavit, contrary to the Supreme Court’s directive in Zeba Khan v. State of U.P. The applicant’s counsel sought permission to withdraw the bail application and re‑file a fresh one with full disclosure. The judge allowed the withdrawal and granted liberty to file a new application complying with the required disclosure. No substantive merits of the bail claim were decided.
Issues considered
- Whether the anticipatory bail application can be withdrawn due to non‑disclosure of criminal antecedents
- Whether the applicant may be permitted to file a fresh application after correcting the disclosure
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- criminal antecedents
- withdrawal of application
- procedural compliance
- Supreme Court precedent
Judgment
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902 - ABA 2621 OF 2026.doc
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signed by
KANCHAN
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
KANCHAN VINOD
VINOD MAYEKAR
MAYEKAR Date:
2026.09.18
14:38:18
+0530
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 2621/2026
ROHIT GAUTAM SALVI ….. APPLICANT
VS
THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA ….. RESPONDENT
Adv. Parimal Wagh (Thr. V.C.) a/w. Adv. Neha Pawar i/b. Adv. Pavan
Ghatkar for the Applicant.
Ms. Megha S. Bajoria, APP for the Respondent – State.
ASI Gururaj J. Nalage, Chunabhatti Police Station, Mumbai present.
CORAM : PRAFULLA S. KHUBALKAR, J.
DATE : 18TH SEPTEMBER, 2026
P.C. :-
1) After the learned APP pointed out that the applicant has
not disclosed all the criminal antecedents on affidavit in this
application, learned counsel for the applicant seeks leave to withdraw
the instant application with liberty to file a fresh application by
disclosing all the criminal antecedents as required by the judgment of
Supreme Court in the matter of Zeba Khan vs. State of U.P., 2026 SCC
OnLine SC 188.
2) Accordingly, application is permitted to be withdrawn
with liberty as prayed for.
[PRAFULLA S. KHUBALKAR, J.]
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