Apurva Jagdish Mehta v. the State of Maharashtra and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Short procedural order of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction (Coram: N.R. Borkar, J.; dated 13th March 2026) in Anticipatory Bail Application No. 2480 of 2024, Apurva Jagdish Mehta v. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. The application was disposed of as withdrawn, with liberty to file a fresh application, because criminal antecedents were not disclosed in the application; the merits were not adjudicated. For the Applicant: Ashok Mishra with Shreyas Mhapankar and Kinjal Mehta. For the Respondent-State: APP P. H. Gaikwad. For Respondent No. 3: Prashant Trivedi with Aditya Sharma and K. Jain, instructed by Sudha Dwivedi. PSI Kishor Kharat of Sahar Police Station was present. No statute or precedent was cited.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to withdraw the Anticipatory Bail Application with liberty to file a fresh application.