Bombay High Court

ANIL RAMKRUSHNA AHER AND ANOTHERversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS

Disposal: APPLICATION ALLOWED

Holding

The court ordered the anticipatory bail application to be stood over to 5 October 2026.

Summary

The applicant, Bhausaheb Anandrao Thorat, filed an anticipatory bail application after a charge-sheet was lodged against him. Counsel informed the court that the charge-sheet had been filed and requested additional time to prepare for the bail proceedings. The applicant sought a stay of the hearing until 5 October 2026 to take appropriate steps. The court, after considering the request, ordered that the matter be stood over to the said date. No substantive merits of the bail application were decided, and the case was adjourned.

Issues considered

What procedural steps are required before granting anticipatory bail after a charge-sheet is filed?
Whether the court should grant a stay of the anticipatory bail hearing to allow the applicant time to prepare.

Subjects

anticipatory bail
charge-sheet
adjournment
procedural stay

Judgment

                                                            915-ABA-1630-2025.odt



                IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                           BENCH AT AURANGABAD

              915 ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 1630 OF 2025

                         Bhausaheb Anandrao Thorat
                                    VERSUS
                           The State Of Maharashtra
                                      …..
Mr. S. T. Bhimale h/f., Mr. R. S. Kulkarni, Advocate for Applicant.
Mr. R. P. Gaure, APP for Respondent – State.
                                      …..

                                                  CORAM : R.M. JOSHI, J
                                                  DATE  : SEPTEMBER 9, 2026

P. C. :

1.        Learned counsel for the applicant makes a statement that as per the

instructions received by him, the charge-sheet has been filed in this case. He

therefore seeks time to take appropriate steps. At his request, stand over to 5

October 2026.




                                                     (R. M. JOSHI, J.)




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