Ananda Laxman Vasudev @ Andya v. State of Maharashtra
Bail – trial commenced – applicant in custody over five and a half years
Case brief
What is this about?
Order dated 30 January 2025 by N. R. Borkar, J., High Court of Judicature at Bombay, in Criminal Bail Application No. 4208 of 2024, Ananda Laxman Vasudev @ Andya v. The State of Maharashtra (Shahuwadi Police Station, Kolhapur; PSI Shirsat present). Applicant in jail for more than five and a half years; trial has commenced; Court granted the prosecution's request for two months to examine the remaining witnesses and warned that failure to do so before the next date (9 April 2025) would compel the Court to release the applicant on bail. No statutory provisions or precedents cited; no merits discussion of bail.
What did the court decide?
Bail not granted at this stage; time granted to the prosecution to examine the remaining witnesses, with a direction that failure to do so before the next date will result in the applicant's release on bail; matter listed on 9th April, 2025.