Bombay High Court
VISHNU KANHI WANGADversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA
- Decided
- Disposal
- Disposed Off
- Bench
- SHYAM C CHANDAK
Holding
The bail application was disposed of as withdrawn.
Summary
The applicant, Vishnu Kanhi Wangad, filed a bail application which the High Court was not inclined to grant. Counsel for the applicant sought leave to withdraw the bail application and requested that the trial be expedited. The Court granted leave to withdraw and directed the trial court to aim for a conclusion within nine months. Consequently, the bail application was disposed of as withdrawn. No substantive discussion on the merits of bail was made.
Issues considered
- What is the appropriate course of action when the Court is not inclined to grant bail?
- Can the applicant withdraw a bail application after it has been filed?
Subjects
- bail
- withdrawal
- trial expeditious disposal
- criminal appellate jurisdiction
- Bombay High Court
Judgment
PRASAD 24_BA_967_2025.DOC
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
BAIL APPLICATION NO.967 OF 2025
Vishnu Kanhi Wangad …. Applicant
V/s.
State of Maharashtra … Respondent
Mr. Rahul Das h/f Anirudh Yadav, for the Applicant.
Ms. Anagha Deshmukh, APP for the Respondent – State.
Mr. Vivek B. Rane i/by Sumedh Modak, for the Respondent No.2.
Mr. Nitin Dongre, PSI, Kasa Police Station, Palghar, present.
CORAM: SHYAM C. CHANDAK, J.
DATED : 27th JULY 2026
P.C.:-
. After hearing, when this Court was not inclined to grant
relief, Mr. Das, learned Counsel for the Applicant, on instructions,
seeks leave to withdraw the present Bail Application with a request
that the trial may be expedited.
2. Leave is granted.
3. Learned Trial Court is requested to expedite the hearing and
make an endeavour to conclude the trial and dispose of the case,
preferably within a period of nine months from today.
4. Bail Application stands disposed of as withdrawn.
(SHYAM C. CHANDAK, J.)
Digitally signed by
PRASAD PRASAD
RAJENDRASING
RAJENDRASING RAJPUT
RAJPUT Date: 2026.07.28
16:01:14 +0530
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