Bombay High Court
BALAJI @ BALU GAPATI PAWARversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA
- Decided
- Disposal
- Disposed Off
Holding
The Court granted leave to withdraw the bail application and disposed of it without hearing on merits.
Summary
Balaji @ Balu Gapati Pawar filed a criminal bail application before the Bombay High Court. Counsel for the applicant sought permission to withdraw the bail application and to file a fresh application before the trial court on new grounds. The Court granted leave to withdraw the application, emphasizing that it would not be heard on its merits. The application was consequently disposed of as withdrawn. No substantive merits of the bail request were considered.
Issues considered
- Whether the High Court may permit withdrawal of a bail application pending before it
- Whether the applicant may be granted liberty to file a fresh bail application before the trial court on new grounds
Subjects
- bail
- withdrawal
- criminal procedure
- High Court
- liberty to file fresh application
Judgment
Digitally
signed by
WAKLE
WAKLE MANOJ MANOJ 905-BA-3152-2026.DOC
MANOJ JANARDHAN
JANARDHAN Date:
2026.08.21
18:38:55
+0530
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION NO.3152 OF 2026
Balaji @ Balu Gapati Pawar …Applicant
V/s.
The State of Maharashtra …Respondent
Mr. Veerdhawal Kakade a/w Adv. Vishal Prajapati, Adv. Kunal
Rathod, for the Applicant.
Mr. Vinod Chate, APP for the Respondent-State.
CORAM: SHYAM C. CHANDAK, J.
DATED : 21st AUGUST, 2026
P.C. :-
1. Mr. Kakade, learned Counsel for the Applicant, on
instructions, seeks leave to withdraw the aforesaid Application
with liberty to file fresh Bail Application before the trial Court, on
new grounds.
2. Leave and liberty to withdraw is granted.
3. Application stands disposed of as withdrawn.
4. It is made clear that this Application is not heard on merits.
(SHYAM C. CHANDAK, J.)
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