Pravin Chintaman Mahajan v. State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
Pravin Chintaman Mahajan v. State of Maharashtra & Anr. — ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO.2983/2024, High Court of Judicature at Bombay (Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction), Rajesh S. Patil, J., dated February 12, 2025. Interim P.C. order in anticipatory bail proceedings: addition of victim as respondent no.2 on applicant's request; masking of victim identity; amendment forthwith; service of amended copy on respondent no.2 by the APP through its investigating officer; listing on 27/2/2025 under caption 'urgent circulation'. Counsel: Sugandh Deshmukh with Aniket Kanawade, instructed by Irvin D’Souza (for the applicant); Pallavi N. Dabholkar, APP (for the State). No issues framed, no statutes or cases cited, no amounts involved.
What did the court decide?
Interim procedural relief only: applicant permitted to add the victim as party respondent no.2 (identity to be masked); amendment to be carried out forthwith; amended copy of the proceedings to be served on the newly added respondent no.2 by the learned APP through its investigating officer; application stood over to 27/2/2025 under the caption 'urgent circulation'. No final adjudication on the bail application at this stage.