Bombay High Court

AJAY RAGHURAM SHETTYversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR.

Decided: 9 March 2026
Disposal: Disposed Off
Bench: A S GADKARI KAMAL KHATA

Holding

The court allowed the prayer clauses (b) and (c) of the interim application and ordered amendment of the court record within two weeks.

Summary

Petitioner Ajay Raghuram Shetty filed an interim application before the Bombay High Court seeking relief against the State of Maharashtra and another respondent. The court examined the prayer clauses of the application and found merit in clauses (b) and (c). Accordingly, the judges allowed those specific prayers. The court also directed that the court record be amended to reflect the order within two weeks, and that copies of the amendment be served on the respondents' counsel. No substantive merits of the underlying criminal case were addressed; the order dealt solely with procedural relief.

Subjects

interim application
court order
record amendment
procedural relief

Judgment

                      KSG                                                          62-IA-379-2026-A.doc



                                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

                                            CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                                           INTERIM APPLICATION NO.379 OF 2026
                                                           IN
                                             WRIT PETITION NO. 4945 OF 2018

                      Ajay Raghuram Shetty                                 … Applicant/Petitioner
                               V/s.
                      The State of Maharashtra & Anr                       … Respondents
                                         _______________________________________

                      Mr. Manoj Mohite, Senior Advocate a/w Mr. Karansingh Rajput for the
                      Applicant/Petitioner.
                      Ms. P.P. Shinde, A.P.P. for Respondent No.1-State.
                      Dr. Abhinav Chandrachud a/w Mr. Pranit Kulkarni, Mr. Datta Mane,
                      Ms.Sanjali Bidwe, Mr. Nilesh Sahu for the Respondent No.3.
                                        _______________________________________

                                                  CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND
                                                          KAMAL KHATA, JJ.
                                                  DATE  : 9th MARCH 2026

                      P.C. :
 KIRAN
 SANJAY
 GHUGE
Digitally signed by
KIRAN SANJAY
                      1)              For the reasons stated in the Application, it is allowed in terms
GHUGE
Date: 2026.03.17
11:05:30 +0530


                      of prayer clause (b) and (c).

                      2)              Necessary Amendment be carried out within a period of two

                      weeks from today in the record of Court and simultaneously in the copies

                      served upon learned Advocates for the Respondents.




                                      ( KAMAL KHATA, J. )                   ( A.S. GADKARI, J. )



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