The High Court dismissed an anticipatory bail application filed under sections 504, 506, 509 IPC and the POCSO Act for offences under the SC/ST Act. The dismissal was for want of prosecution as the applicant did not appear and had not moved the application for over two years.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO.2456 OF 2021
Suman Shailendrapratap Singh ....Applicant
V/S
The State of Maharashtra ....Respondent
None for the Applicant.
Mr. Ashok Gawari, APP for Respondent/State.
CORAM: SANDEEP V. MARNE, J.
DATE : MARCH 6, 2024.
P.C.:
1This Application seeking pre-arrest bail in connection with C.R.
No.I-143 of 2021 registered with Mumbra Police Station, District Thane
for offences punishable under sections 504, 506 and 509 read with section
34 of the Indian Penal Code and under sections 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s), 3(1)
(V-A) of the Prevention of Atrocities (Schedule Castes and Schedule
Tribes) Act, 1989, has been filed on 7 October 2021.
2 It appears that the Application has not been moved before Court even once during last more than two years. A special notice in respect of katkam Page No. 1 of 2 6 March 2024
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hearing the present bail application was published on the website of this
Court on 2 March 2024. Today when the Application is listed and called
out for hearing, none appears on behalf of the Applicant. It appears that
the Applicant has lost interest in prosecuting the Application. The
Anticipatory Bail Application is accordingly dismissed for want of
prosecution.
(SANDEEP V. MARNE, J.)
Digitally signed by SUDARSHAN SUDARSHAN RAJALINGAM RAJALINGAM KATKAM KATKAM Date: 2024.03.07 14:56:57 +0530
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katkam
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the anticipatory bail application should be dismissed for want of prosecution due to the applicant's inaction over two years.
2 provisions across 2 enactments
Suman Shailendrapratap Singh
The State of Maharashtra
SANDEEP V. MARNE
As recorded by the court registry
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