Single judge of Bombay HC rejected bail application noting trial commenced and witnesses examined. Application dismissed without merits hearing, trial expedited to conclude within nine months.
Application dismissed; trial expedited to conclude within nine months; fresh bail application permissible if delay occurs through no fault of applicant.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
BAIL APPLICATION NO. 262 OF 2018
( Through Post )
Miraj Abdul Mohid Khan
.Applicant
Vs.
The State of Maharashtra .Respondent
Ms Saima Ansari, Advocate, for the Applicant Mrs. Rutuja Ambekar, APP, for the Respondent – State
CORAM : REVATI MOHITE DERE, J. DATE : 17.04.2018
P.C.
. Learned APP on instructions states that the trial has
commenced and that one witness has been examined and the second
witness is in the witness box. She further submits that about 17 more witnesses are to be examined.
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this order. If for no fault of the Applicant the trial does not conclude within the stipulated period, the Applicant is at liberty to file a fresh Application seeking his enlargement on bail which will be considered on its own merits. It is made clear, that this Application has not been heard on merits.
directions.
(REVATI MOHITE DERE, J.)
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether bail application requires merits hearing when trial has commenced with few witnesses examined.
Miraj Abdul Mohid Khan
The State of Maharashtra
REVATI MOHITE DERE
As recorded by the court registry
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