Bombay High Court

LOGANATHAN MUTHUKUMARANversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Decided: 17 January 2026
Disposal: Disposed off as Withdrawn
Bench: NEELA KEDAR GOKHALE

Holding

The Court permitted the withdrawal of the bail application, disposing of it as withdrawn.

Summary

The applicant, Loganathan Muthukumaran, filed a bail application before the Bombay High Court. During the hearing, counsel for the applicant, Mr. Karthik Rajasekhar (with Arif Sayed), sought permission to withdraw the bail application, requesting liberty to file a fresh application after one year if the trial does not progress substantially. The Court, after hearing arguments, was not inclined to grant bail at that stage but allowed the withdrawal of the present application with the specified liberty. No substantive discussion on the merits of bail was undertaken. Consequently, the bail application was disposed of as withdrawn.

Issues considered

Whether a bail application pending before the Court can be withdrawn at the request of the applicant's counsel.

Subjects

bail
withdrawal
criminal procedure
high court

Judgment

Prasad Rajput
    (P.A.)                                         10_BA_65_2026.doc


        IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
              CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
                BAIL APPLICATION NO.65 OF 2026
Loganathan Muthukumaran                                …Applicant
      Versus
State of Maharashtra                                   …Respondent


Mr. Karthik Rajasekhar a/w Arif Sayed, for the Applicant.
Ms. Megha S. Bajoria, APP for the Respondent - State.
PSI – Prashant Tayde, Pantnagar Police Station, Mumbai,
      present.


                      CORAM         DR. NEELA GOKHALE, J.
                      DATED:        17TH JANUARY 2026
PC:-


1.       After arguing the matter for some time, when I was not

inclined to grant relief, Mr. Rajashekhar, learned counsel for

the Applicant, seeks permission to withdraw the present Bail

Application with liberty to file a fresh bail application after

one year if the trial does not progress substantially. Permission

to withdraw is granted with the aforesaid liberty.



2.       Bail Application is disposed of as withdrawn.


                                             (DR. NEELA GOKHALE, J)




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