Bombay High Court

PARVEZ MOHAMMED MURTAZA ALAMversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Decided: 7 July 2026
Disposal: Disposed Off
Bench: SHIVKUMAR DIGE

Holding

The court allowed the interim application and relaxed the requirement of a local surety, permitting surety from Pune or Nashik districts.

Summary

The applicant, Vaishali Anil Tikam, filed an interim application seeking relaxation of the condition that a local surety be furnished for his anticipatory bail. The trial court had required the surety to be from the local district, which the applicant contested, offering to provide surety from Pune or Nashik districts instead. Counsel for the applicant argued that the applicant was ready to furnish surety from these neighboring districts, and there was no substantive reason to insist on a local surety. The learned judge considered the submission and found no impediment to allowing surety from the proposed districts. Consequently, the interim application was allowed, the local surety requirement was relaxed, and the applicant was permitted to provide one or two sureties from Pune or Nashik. The interim application was thereafter disposed of.

Issues considered

Whether the condition of providing a local surety in an anticipatory bail application can be relaxed

Subjects

anticipatory bail
surety
interim relief
local surety
criminal procedure

Judgment

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                              IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                    CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                                 INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 1684 OF 2026
                                                  IN
                             ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO.839 OF 2025
VAISHALI
ANIL
TIKAM              Parvez Mohammed Murtaza Alam                           ...Applicant
                   versus
Digitally signed
by VAISHALI        The State of Maharashtra                               ...Respondent
ANIL TIKAM
Date: 2026.07.13
11:05:06 +0530     _________________________________________________________________

                   Mr. Barsawade Shreyas Purshottam, Advocate for Applicant.
                   Mr. Shrikant V. Gavand, APP for Respondent-State.
                   _________________________________________________________________

                                                          CORAM   :   SHIVKUMAR DIGE, J.
                                                          DATE    :   7th JULY, 2026.
                   P.C. :

                   1.         Heard learned counsel for the Applicant and learned APP.

                   2.         By this application, the Applicant is praying to relax the

                   condition of providing local surety.

                   3.         It is contention of learned counsel for the Applicant that

                   Applicant is ready to provide surety from Pune and Nashik Districts.

                   4.         Considering the submission of learned counsel for the

                   Applicant, I pass following order:

                                                        ORDER

                   (i)        Interim Application is allowed.

                   (ii)       The condition imposed on the applicant to provide local surety



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        is hereby relaxed.

        (iii)      The Applicant is permitted to provide one or two surety from

        Pune or Nashik District.

        (iv)       Interim Application is disposed of.



                                                       (SHIVKUMAR DIGE, J.)




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