Bombay High Court
DEEPAK TIRMAL SAUDversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR
- Decided
- Disposal
- Disposed Off
- Bench
- R M JOSHI
Holding
The bail application is infructuous and is therefore disposed of.
Summary
The applicant, Deepak Tirmal Saud, filed a bail application in the High Court of Bombay. During the pendency of the bail application, the applicant was acquitted in the POCSO Special Case No.2151 of 2025. The applicant's counsel submitted that the bail application had become infructuous due to the acquittal. The Court considered that an acquittal renders a bail application moot, as there is no longer any pending charge to secure bail against. Consequently, the Court disposed of the bail application as infructuous, without further hearing.
Issues considered
- Whether a bail application remains viable after the applicant has been acquitted in the substantive criminal case?
Subjects
- bail
- acquittal
- POCSO
- criminal procedure
- infructuous application
Judgment
45_BA_3524_2025.DOC
Prasad
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
BAIL APPLICATION NO. 3524 OF 2025
Deepak Tirmal Saud …Applicant
Versus
State of Maharashtra and Anr. …Respondents
Ms. Mayanka S.R. h/f Gaurav Bhawnani , for the Applicant.
Ms. R.V. Newton, APP, for the State.
CORAM: R. M. JOSHI, J.
DATED: 9th MARCH, 2026.
PC:-
1. Ms. Mayanka S.R. learned counsel for the Applicant,
submits that the application has become infructuous in view of
acquittal of the Applicant in POCSO Special Case No.2151 of 2025.
2. In view of the above, the Bail Application stands
disposed of as infructuous.
(R. M. JOSHI, J.)
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