ANIKET ALIAS SANI SHRINIVAS SONTAKKEversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR.

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            2026.08.18
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                                IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                        CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR
                                      CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                                  CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION NO.551 OF 2026

                        Aniket alias Sani Shrinivas Sontakke        : Applicant.
                              Versus
                        The State of Maharashtra and anr.           : Respondents.

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                        Mr. Ritesh Thobde a/w Darshan Rajpurohit, Mervin Bardeskar,
                        Changdev Shingade and P Deshmukh i/by Advocates Divyashree
                        Dhumal for the Applicant.
                        Mr. S. S. Choudhari, APP for the Respondents – State.

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                                                CORAM : ASHWIN D. BHOBE, J.

                                                 DATED : 18 AUGUST 2026
                        PC:-



                        1.     At the outset Mr. S. S. Choudhari, learned APP for the
                        Respondents – State, submits that the investigation in Crime
                        No.311 of 2026, registered with Akkalkot Police Station, District
                        Solapur, is complete and charge-sheet is ready for filing. He states
                        that the charge-sheet would be filed before the Court having
                        jurisdiction on or before 24 August 2026.

                        2.     In view of the above statement made by Mr. S. S. Choudhari,
                        learned APP for the Respondents – State, Mr. Ritesh Thobde,
                        learned Advocate for the Applicant, on instructions from the



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Applicant, seeks leave to withdraw this Bail Application with
liberty to file a fresh Bail Application before the Trial Court in view
of the subsequent event i.e. charge-sheet being filed. He submits
that as the Applicant is a patient suffering from Chronic Kidney
Disease, a fresh Bail Application would be filed before the Trial
Court within three days from the filing of the charge-sheet and,
makes a request to direct the Trial Court to consider the fresh Bail
Application at the earliest.

3.    Mr. S. S. Choudhari, learned APP for the Respondents – State
does not dispute that the Applicant is a patient suffering from
Chronic Kidney Disease and therefore he does not oppose to the
request made by Mr. Ritesh Thobde, learned Advocate for the
Applicant.

4.    Statement made by Mr. S. S. Choudhari, learned APP for the
Respondents – State, on instructions from the Investigating Officer,
that the charge-sheet would be filed on or before 24 August 2026
is accepted.

5.    In the event the Applicant files a fresh Bail Application
within three days from the filing of the charge-sheet, considering
the Applicant having the ailment as claimed by Mr. Ritesh Thobde,
learned Advocate for the Applicant, the Trial Court is requested to
make an endeavour to dispose of the said Bail Application on its
own merits at the earliest and at any rate within a period of two
weeks from the first date of hearing.

6.    It is clarified that in view of the statement made by Mr. S. S.
Choudhari, learned APP for the Respondents – State, the merit of
this Application was not considered.


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7.    Mr. Ritesh Thobde, learned Advocate for the Applicant and
Mr. S. S. Choudhari, learned APP for the Respondents, submit that
the parties would cooperate with the Trial Court in the early
disposal of the said Bail Application.

8.    Leave to withdraw this Bail Application is granted with
liberty as prayed for.

9.    Criminal Bail Application No.551 of 2026 is disposed of as
withdrawn.

                                         (ASHWIN D. BHOBE, J.)




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