Aniket Rajendra Kuskar v. the State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989; Section 14-A; bail application; liberty to file appeal under the said Act; contentions kept open; interim application disposed of as infructuous. Bombay High Court, Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction, single judge (Amit Borkar, J.), decided 13 August 2025. Parties: Aniket Rajendra Kuskar (applicant in BA 826/2025), XYZ (applicant/intervener-applicant in IA 1020/2025 in BA 826/2025), The State of Maharashtra (respondent). Advocates: Sumedh H. Jagtap (applicant in BA); Dilip Shukla with Sujata Bule (intervener-applicant in IA); Rajashree V. Newton, APP (respondent-State). Outcome: bail application disposed of, not decided on merits.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the applicant to file appeal under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989; all contentions of both sides expressly kept open; the interim application disposed of as infructuous.