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Bombay High Court

MOHAMMED RAHIL MAJID KHANversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Decided
Disposal
Disposed off as Withdrawn

Holding

A bail application can be withdrawn upon the applicant’s request, with liberty to file a fresh application thereafter.

Summary

Mohammed Rahil Majid Khan filed a bail application before the High Court of Bombay. His counsel, Mr. Mujahid Ansari, later sought to withdraw the application citing a change in circumstances. The court entertained the request and allowed the withdrawal, granting the applicant liberty to file a fresh bail application before the learned Sessions Court. Consequently, the interim application filed alongside the bail petition was also disposed of. The order was pronounced by Justice Sandesh D. Patil in a vacation court sitting on 22 May 2026.

Issues considered

  • Whether a bail application may be withdrawn at the request of the applicant
  • Effect of withdrawal on a concurrent interim application

Subjects

  • bail
  • withdrawal
  • interim application
  • criminal procedure
  • high court
  • vacation court

Judgment

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          RUPALI
RUPALI    RAJESH
RAJESH    WAKODIKAR
WAKODIKAR Date:
          2026.05.22
          20:48:16        IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
          +0530

                                CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
                                BAIL APPLICATION NO. 2238 OF 2026
                                             ALONGWITH
                              INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 1700 OF 2026
                                                    IN
                                BAIL APPLICATION NO. 2238 OF 2026


                  Mohammed Rahil Majid Khan                      ...Applicant
                       Versus
                  The State of Maharashtra                       ...Respondent


                  Mr. Mujahid Ansari for the Applicant.

                  Ms. R.S.Tendulkar, A.P.P for the Respondent-State.


                                     CORAM : SANDESH D. PATIL, J.
                                     DATE : 22nd MAY, 2026
                                            (VACATION COURT)

                 P.C. :


                  1.          Learned Counsel appearing for the applicant seeks

                  permission to withdraw this bail application in view of the change in

                  circumstances, with liberty to file a fresh bail application before the



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            learned Sessions Court.


            2.         Accordingly, the bail application is disposed of as

            withdrawn with liberty as prayed for.


            3.         In view of the withdrawal of the aforesaid bail application

            the interim application also stands disposed of accordingly.



                                                     SANDESH D. PATIL, J.




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