Bombay High Court
ASHOK NIVRUTTI UDAGEversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA
- Decided
- Disposal
- Disposed Off
- Bench
- MADHAV JAMDAR
Holding
The anticipatory bail application was deemed infructuous and disposed of.
Summary
The applicant, Ashok Nivrutti Udage, filed an anticipatory bail application before the High Court of Bombay. The applicant's counsel did not appear before the court. The respondent's counsel, Ms. R.V. Newton, informed the court that the applicant had already been arrested. The court noted that an anticipatory bail application becomes moot once the accused is in custody. Consequently, the court held that the application was infructuous. The matter was therefore disposed of without further consideration.
Issues considered
- Whether an anticipatory bail application can be entertained after the applicant has been arrested
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- arrest
- criminal procedure
- bail jurisdiction
- high court
Judgment
903-ABA-337-2026.doc
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 337 OF 2026
Ashok Nivrutti Udage …Applicant
Versus
Digitally
The State Of Maharashtra …Respondent
signed by
SHRADDHA
SHRADDHA KAMLESH
KAMLESH TALEKAR
TALEKAR Date:
2026.02.09
20:43:03
+0530 None for Applicant.
Ms. R.V. Newton, APP, for Respondent-State.
CORAM : MADHAV J. JAMDAR, J.
Date : 6th February, 2026
PC :
1. None appears for the Applicant.
2. Ms. Newton, Learned APP, on instructions, states that the
Applicant is arrested.
3. Accordingly, this Anticipatory Bail Application has become
infructuous. Therefore, disposed of as infructuous.
[ MADHAV J. JAMDAR, J.]
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