Abhijeet Narendra Kate v. State of Maharashtra
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What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Madhav J. Jamdar, J., order dated 9 December 2025 in Anticipatory Bail Application No. 2877 of 2025 and connected/tagged matters. Administrative directions: (i) de-tagging of twelve 'wrongly tagged' matters — ABA 2322, 2366, 2361, 2360, 2434, 2503, 3211, 3212, 3290, 3315, 3309, 3318 of 2025 (with IAs) — for listing on 12 December 2025; (ii) State (through APP S.M. Mangaonkar) to serve replies/affidavits on Applicants' counsel within one week in the remaining matters; (iii) matters stood over to 12 January 2026 with the interim protection granted by the Order dated 15 October 2025 continuing in operation. Applicants named across the bunch include Jitendra Sundardas Panjabi, Rahul Arora (IA applicant), Mohammad Ishaque Khalil Ahmad, Zainab Mohammed (IA applicant), Naveed Akhtar Sagheer Ahmed, Nasir Husain Mohammad Ali Ansari, Abu Horaira Mohammad Ibrahim, Shafeeque Ahmad Jameel Hasan, Mudassir Ahmed Mohammed Haroon (IA applicant), Zahid Husain Mohammad Ali, Prakash Bhikamchan Chajjed, Kiran Bhalchandra Thatte, Abhijeet Narendra Kate, Sandeep Sahebrao Pawar, Moti Udharam Panjabi, Raju Ram Panjabi, Bhausaheb Bhikanrao Chavan, Kiran Jaiprakash Kuwar, Sunil Madhavrao Wadge, Nitin Popatrao Bachhav, Rajendra Shivram Nikam and Hiralal Supalal Wagh; Respondent: State of Maharashtra. Counsel teams included Sr. Counsel Shirish Gupte, Subodh Desai, Satish Maneshinde (i/by Wadia Ghandy & Co.), Pranav Bhadeka, Amit Desai, Mihir Desai and Ashutosh Kumbhkoni. Useful for tracing the tagging/de-tagging status and continuity of interim protection in this ABA bunch; no merits adjudication, no statute or precedent discussed.