Sunil Shankar Rokade v. the State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail; interim protection from coercive steps; Bombay High Court Criminal Appellate side; ABA No. 444 of 2025; Sunil Shankar Rokade v. State of Maharashtra; parity with protected applicant in ABA No. 89 of 2025 (order dated 7th February 2025); service provider named in earlier order; affidavit of Investigating Officer to be filed within two weeks; victims/employees of Tata Communication; doubts as to nationality and criminal antecedents; Dighi Police Station, Pimpri Chinchwad (PSI A. M. Shingare; Mr. Aba Katpale); APP Amit A. Palkar; Adv. Pravin Uttam Gaikwad with Adv. Gahineenath Karanjule; Coram Rajesh S. Patil, J.; order dated 18 February 2025; next date 10 March 2025 listed 'for urgent circulation'; no statutes or precedents cited; bail question not finally decided.
What did the court decide?
Interim protection only: the Court directed that no coercive steps be taken against the Applicant till the next date of hearing (10th March, 2025); the anticipatory bail application itself was not finally decided.