Bombay High Court

OKECHUKWU OKEKE LINUSversusUNION OF INDIA AND ANR

Decided: 28 January 2026
Disposal: Disposed off as Withdrawn
Bench: NEELA KEDAR GOKHALE

Holding

The bail application is disposed of as withdrawn.

Summary

The applicant, Okechukwu Okeke Linus, filed a bail application while in custody since 12 April 2024. Counsel for the applicant sought the court's permission to withdraw the bail application. The Court, after hearing, granted permission to withdraw and disposed of the bail application as withdrawn. The Court also directed the trial court to expedite the pending trial and to conclude it within one year of the order. No substantive discussion on the merits of bail was undertaken as the application was withdrawn.

Issues considered

Whether the bail application should be entertained or dismissed.
Whether the applicant may withdraw the bail application and the court's discretion to permit such withdrawal.

Subjects

bail
withdrawal
criminal procedure
trial expeditious disposal
custody

Judgment

Prasad Rajput
    (P.A.)                                      21_BA_311_2025.doc



        IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
              CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                 BAIL APPLICATION NO.311 OF 2025

Okechukwu Okeke Linus                               …Applicant
     Versus
Union Of India and Anr.                             …Respondents


Mr. Taraq Sayed a/w Aryan K Kotwal, for the Applicant.
Ms. Sangeeta Yadav a/w Ashutosh Mishra, for the Respondent
      No.1 - DRI.
Ms. Megha S. Bajoria, APP for the Respondent - State.
Mr. Pravin Meena, Officer of DRI, present.


                        CORAM        DR. NEELA GOKHALE, J.
                        DATED:       28TH JANUARY 2026
PC:-


1.              After arguing the matter for some time, when I

was not inclined to grant relief, Mr. Sayed, learned counsel for

the Applicant, seeks permission to withdraw the present Bail

Application. Permission is granted.


2.              Bail Application is disposed of as withdrawn.


3.              Since the Applicant is in custody from 12 th April,

2024, the Trial Court is requested to expedite the trial, and in



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any event conclude the same within a period of one year from

the date on which this order is placed before it.




                                          (DR. NEELA GOKHALE, J)




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