Sushant Niwas Jadhav v. State of Maharashtra and Anr.

Bombay HC24 Mar 2025BA/1147/2025

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What is this about?

Bombay High Court, Criminal Bail Application No. 1147 of 2025 (Justice Ashwin D. Bhobe, 09-07-2025): undertrial applicant in custody about 5 years 10 months since arrest on 18-August-2019; trial part-heard with 9 of 30 prosecution witnesses examined; urgency pleaded; notice ordered with endorsement of final hearing on returnable date; notice to Respondent No. 2 through IO, Palus Police Station, Sangli; Rekha Pramod Sakat to remain ready; matter listed for 7 August 2025; no statutes or precedents cited; bail merits left undecided at this notice stage.

What did the court decide?

Notice was ordered to be issued to the Respondents. ¶¶13

Sushant Niwas Jadhav vs State of Maharashtra and Anr. — Bombay HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

Disposed

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Issue for consideration

Whether the Applicant should be granted bail, urged principally on the ground of long incarceration (continuous custody of about 5 years 10 months since arrest on 18.08.2019) with the trial only partly heard (9 of 30 prosecution witnesses examined).

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Court's answer

Considering the urgency submitted by the Applicant's counsel, the notice is to indicate that the matter would be heard finally on the returnable date.

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Ratio / Principle

Notice was ordered to be issued to the Respondents.

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Key takeaways

The learned A.P.P. appeared and waived service of notice on behalf of the State/Respondent No. 1.ratio¶¶14
Notice to Respondent No. 2 is to be served through the Investigating Officer of Palus Police Station, Sangli.ratio¶¶18
Ms. Rekha Pramod Sakat (respondent side) was directed to be ready to put forth her case when the matter is heard finally on the returnable date.ratio

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Interlocutory P.C. order dated 9 July 2025 by the High Court of Judicature at Bombay (Ashwin D. Bhobe, J.) in Criminal Bail Application No. 1147 of 2025, Sushant Niwas Jadhav v. The State of Maharashtra and Anr.: the Applicant, through Adv. Rahul S. Arote, pressed his bail plea chiefly on the ground of long incarceration — arrested 18.08.2019, about 5 years 10 months in continuous custody, with only 9 of 30 listed prosecution witnesses examined. Treating the matter as urgent, the Court ordered notice to the Respondents (A.P.P. Shriram S. Chaudhari waived service for the State/Respondent No. 1); notice to Respondent No. 2 was to go through the Investigating Officer, Palus Police Station, Sangli, carrying an endorsement that the application would be heard finally on the returnable date, with Ms. Rekha Pramod Sakat directed to remain ready; the matter was listed for 7 August 2025. The merits of the bail application were not decided at this stage; no statutory provision or precedent was cited.

Sushant Niwas Jadhav v. State of Maharashtra and Anr.

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