Nitesh Shantilal Mehta and Anr. v. State of Maharashtra
Anticipatory Bail Application – interim protection
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Anticipatory Bail Application No. 291 of 2026, decided 11.02.2026 by N.R. Borkar, J. Applicants Nitesh Shantilal Mehta and another (counsel: Ghanshyam U.) sought interim protection pending decision on their anticipatory bail application before the Sessions Court; respondent State of Maharashtra represented by APP V. N. Sagare. On the APP's statement that the applicants would not be arrested till the Sessions Court's decision, the Court held nothing survived in the application and disposed of it, with directions that the applicants not seek adjournments and that the Sessions Court decide on its own merits. No statute or precedent cited; no monetary amounts involved.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief adjudicated by this Court; the application was disposed of after the learned APP stated on instructions that the applicants will not be arrested till the Sessions Court decides their anticipatory bail application.