Bombay High Court

SANKET MANOJ JATWEversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Disposal: Withdrawn

Holding

A bail application may be withdrawn even after a charge-sheet is filed, and the application is dismissed as withdrawn.

Summary

The applicant, Sanket Manoj Jatwe, filed a bail application in the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench. During the pendency of the application, the charge-sheet was filed against him. The applicant sought to withdraw the bail application and indicated his intention to file a fresh application before the trial court after the charge-sheet. The learned counsel for the State opposed the withdrawal. The court held that the applicant could withdraw the bail application and that any fresh application would be considered on its merits by the trial court. Consequently, the bail application was dismissed as withdrawn.

Issues considered

Whether a bail application can be withdrawn after the filing of a charge-sheet and what the procedural consequences are.

Subjects

bail
withdrawal
criminal procedure
High Court
charge-sheet

Judgment

                                  1                      59ba1704.26



         IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY
                     BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                 59 BAIL APPLICATION NO. 1704 OF 2026

                           SANKET MANOJ JATWE
                                  VERSUS
                      THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA
                                      …
             Advocate for the Applicant : Mr.Sanket Manoj Jatwe
               APP for Respondents/State : Mr.S.A. Gaikwad.
                                      …


                               CORAM : HITEN S. VENEGAVKAR, J.
                               DATE : 07.09.2026
PER COURT :


1.            The learned Advocate for the applicant submits that during
the pendency of the application the charge-sheet has been filed.       He
further submits that has instructions to withdraw the Bail Application,
with liberty to approach the learned trial Court afresh alongwith the
charge-sheet.


2.            If the fresh application is preferred, the trial Court shall
consider the same on its own merits.


3.            The Bail Application stands dismissed as withdrawn.




                                       (HITEN S. VENEGAVKAR, J.)



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