Bombay High Court

POPAT GANGARAM YELEversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Decided: 29 August 2026
Disposal: Allowed

Holding

The court allowed the amendment to add the First Informant as a respondent and dispensed with re‑verification.

Summary

The First Informant filed Interim Application No. 2697 of 2026 seeking to intervene in Anticipatory Bail Application No. 557 of 2026 filed by the accused. The High Court allowed the interim application, permitting the addition of the First Informant as a respondent in the bail application and dispensing with re‑verification. Counsel for the newly added respondent waived service of notice. The court disposed of the interim application, scheduled the bail application for hearing on 7 September 2026, and ordered that the ad‑interim relief already granted remain in force until the next date.

Issues considered

Whether the First Informant can be permitted to intervene and be added as a respondent in the pending anticipatory bail application
Whether re‑verification is required after such an amendment

Subjects

anticipatory bail
interim application
intervention
amendment
criminal procedure

Judgment

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          IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
             INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 2697 OF 2026
                              IN
         ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 557 OF 2026
Popat Gangaram Yele                                 …Applicant/
                                                    Intervener/Original
                                                    Complainant
In the matter between :
Avinash @ Bapu Chintaman Yele & Anr.                …Applicants/
                                                    Accused
            Vs.
State of Maharashtra                                …Respondent
(through Shirur Police Station)


Mr. Nitin Deshpande (through VC) a/w. Ms. Kanchan Phatak for
the Applicant in IA-2697-2026 and for Respondent No. 2 in ABA-
557-2026.
Mr. Rushikesh S. Salunkhe i/b Mr. Tukaram Shendge, for the
Applicants in ABA-557-2026.
Mr. , APP for the Respondent-State.
PSI Govind Khating, Shirur Police Station, Pune Rural.


                       CORAM:      MADHAV J. JAMDAR, J.
                       DATE :      29th AUGUST, 2026
P. C.:

1.       Interim Application No. 2697 of 2026 is filed by the First

Informant seeking to intervene in Anticipatory Bail Application

No.557 of 2026.



2.       Accordingly, the Interim Application is allowed. The

Applicant in Anticipatory Bail Application to add the First


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Informant as party Respondent.         Amendment be carried out

forthwith. Re-verification is dispensed with.


3.    Mr. Deshpande, learned counsel appears for the Respondent

No.2 and waives service on behalf of the added Respondent.


4.    The Interim Application is disposed of.


5.    At the request of parties, list the Anticipatory Bail

Application on 7th September, 2026.


6.    Ad-interim relief already granted shall remain in operation

till the next date.


                                            [MADHAV J. JAMDAR, J.]




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