MOHAMMAD SALIM IQBAL QURESHI @ SALIM FRUITversusNATIONAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY AND ANR

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                                IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                      CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                                   INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 3469 OF 2026
                                                    IN
                                     CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 683 OF 2026

                     Mohammad Salim Iqbal Qureshi @
                     Salim Fruit                                           ..Applicant
                          Versus
                     National Investigation Agency & Anr.                  ..Respondents

                                                 __________
                     Mr. Rajiv Patil, Sr. Advocate a/w. Sameer Singh, Ojas Kochrekar,
                     Dakshata Sawant, Nikita Chavan, Siddhant Raul and Sanghpriya
                     Sarode i/b. Saurabh Ghag for Applicant.

                     Mr. Sagar Bhandare, SPP a/w. Chintan Shah, SPP a/w. Rohan
                     Chaughule for Respondent No.1-NIA.

                     Smt. M. M. Deshmukh, APP for State/Respondent No.2.
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                                         CORAM : SARANG V. KOTWAL &
                                                 RANJITSINHA RAJA BHONSALE, JJ.

                                         DATE    : 8 OCTOBER 2026
                     PC :

                     1.           This is an application in pending Appeal. The prayers in

                     this application are for the interim bail to enable the Applicant to

                     attend the wedding ceremony of his son and daughter. The

                     Applicant had preferred an application for bail on merits before

                     the Special Court. That application was rejected and he has
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GOKHALE Date:
        2026.10.09
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preferred Criminal Appeal No.683 of 2026 which is pending before

this Court. That Appeal is strictly on the merits of the matter.


2.         Learned Senior counsel, on instructions, states that,

though the Applicant has preferred the present interim application

for the interim bail, he may be permitted to withdraw this

application and he be further permitted to prefer similar bail

application for his temporary release before the Special Judge,

because it is a separate cause of action for which separate order

can be independently passed by the learned Special Judge. He

seeks permission to withdraw this application with such liberty.


3.         We find substance in the submission of learned senior

counsel.


4.         Hence, the following order:


                                        ORDER


              i)   The Application is allowed to be withdrawn.

              ii) The Applicant is at liberty to prefer an application
                   for temporary bail before the Special Court which
                   is the trial Court, who can consider the fact of the
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              marriage of the Applicant’s son and daughter.

           iii) If such application is preferred by the Applicant,
              it shall be decided as expeditiously as possible,
              keeping in view of the fact that the wedding
              ceremony is to take place on 09.11.2026.

           iv) The said application shall be considered only for
              temporary release of the Applicant in accordance
              with law, without being influenced by the
              pendency of Criminal Appeal No.683 of 2026
              before this Court.

           v) The Application is disposed of.



(RANJITSINHA RAJA BHONSALE, J.)             (SARANG V. KOTWAL, J.)