Sunderlal Ramnivas Darak vs Madolayaa Sangaya Mathpati and Others — Bombay HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Sunderlal Ramnivas Darak vs Madolayaa Sangaya Mathpati and Others — Bombay HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Applications for cancellation of bail disposed of as withdrawn with liberty to challenge the orders that may be passed on the State Government's cancellation applications regarding accused Rajesh; Additional Sessions Judge, Nilanga, Dist. Latur directed to dispose of Criminal Application No.13/2024 in Crime No.278/2023 and Criminal Application No.14/2024 in Crime No.297/2025 within three weeks of receipt of this order; trial Court requested to expedite completion of the trial of RCC No. 649/2024.

Issue for consideration

Whether this Court should entertain the applications for cancellation of bail granted by the Sessions Court to Respondent Nos. 2 to 6, on merits or on account of violation of bail conditions.

Court's answer

The Court took into consideration the Sessions Court's bail-granting order and its rejection of the earlier cancellation applications, and was not inclined to entertain the present applications on merits or on violation of bail conditions, particularly in view of the APP's submission that two cancellation applications had already been moved by the State regarding accused Rajesh in both crimes.

Ratio / Principle

Permission was granted to the applicant's counsel to withdraw, and the applications for cancellation of bail of all the accused persons were disposed of as withdrawn, with liberty reserved to the Applicants to challenge the order that may be passed on the State Government's cancellation applications regarding accused Rajesh in both crimes.

Key takeaways

The learned Additional Sessions Judge, Nilanga, Dist. Latur was directed to dispose of the State's pending cancellation applications regarding accused Rajesh (Criminal Application No.13/2024 in Crime No.278/2023 and Criminal Application No.14/2024 in Crime No.297/2025) within three weeks from receipt of this order.ratio¶¶24
The learned trial Court was requested to make an endeavour to complete the trial of RCC No. 649/2024 expeditiously.obiter¶¶26
Both the companion Criminal Applications (Nos. 3778/2024 and 3779/2024) were also disposed of.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench (Mehroz K. Pathan, J.), 6 February 2026 — Sunderlal Ramnivas Darak v. Rajesh Vishwanath Walande and Others; Sunderlal Ramnivas Darak v. Madolayaa Sangaya Mathpati and Others (Cancellation of Bail Applns. Nos. 120 & 118 of 2024, with Criminal Applns. Nos. 3778 & 3779 of 2024). Considering the Sessions Court's order granting bail to Respondent Nos. 2 to 6 and its rejection of the earlier cancellation applications, and since the Court was not inclined to entertain the present applications on merits or on violation of conditions — the APP having submitted that two applications for cancellation of bail of accused Rajesh had already been moved by the State in both crimes — counsel was permitted to withdraw. The applications for cancellation of bail of all the accused persons were disposed of as withdrawn, with liberty to the Applicants to challenge the order that may be passed on the State Government's cancellation applications (Criminal Appln. No.13/2024 in Crime No.278/2023 and Criminal Appln. No.14/2024 in Crime No.297/2025). The Additional Sessions Judge, Nilanga, Dist. Latur was directed to dispose of those State applications within three weeks of receipt of this order, and the trial Court was requested to expedite completion of the trial of RCC No. 649/2024.

2026:BHC-AUG:5780

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

BENCH AT AURANGABAD

APPLICATION FOR CANCELLATION OF BAIL NO. 120 OF 2024

SUNDERLAL RAMNIVAS DARAK

VERSUS

RAJESH VISHWANATH WALANDE AND OTHERS

WITH

APPLICATION FOR CANCELLATION OF BAIL NO. 118 OF 2024

SUNDERLAL RAMNIVAS DARAK VERSUS

MADOLAYAA SANGAYA MATHPATI AND OTHERS

WITH

CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 3778 OF 2024 IN ACB/120/2024 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 3779 OF 2024 IN ACB/118/2024

Advocate for Applicants : Mr. Gastgar Santosh B. APP for Respondent No.2 and 3/State : Mr. K. K. Naik Advocate for Respondent Nos. 1 to 7 : Mr. N. P. Patil Jamalpurkar

CORAM : MEHROZ K. PATHAN, J. DATE : 6^th FEBRUARY 2026

PER COURT :

Heard the learned Counsel Mr. Gastgar for sometime.

After taking into consideration the order passed by the learned Sessions Court granting bail to Respondent Nos. 2 to 6, as well as the order rejecting the applications for cancellation of bail, and as this Court was not inclined to entertain the present application on merits and on violation of conditions, particularly in view of the submission made by the learned APP that two applications had already been moved by the

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State for cancellation of bail of accused Rajesh in both crimes, the learned Counsel for the Applicant Mr. Gastgar, seeks permission to withdraw the applications with a prayer to direct expeditious disposal of Cancellation of Bail Nos.120/2024 and 118/2024, and also for expeditious conduct of the trial against the accused persons.

Permission is granted.

The applications for cancellation of bail of all the accused persons are disposed of as withdrawn with liberty to the Applicants to challenge the order that may be passed in the applications filed by the State Government for cancellation of bail of accused Rajesh in both the crimes.

The learned Additional Sessions Judge, Nilanga, Dist. Latur is directed to dispose of the applications for cancellation of bail of accused Rajesh, filed by the State in both crimes, being Criminal Application No.13/2024 in Crime No.278/2023 and Criminal Application No.14/2024 in Crime No.297/2025, pending before it, within a period of three weeks from the date of receipt of this order.

With these observations, the applications for cancellation of bail are disposed of as withdrawn against all other accused persons.

The learned trial Court is requested to make an endeavour to complete the trial of RCC No. 649/2024 expeditiously.

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Both the Criminal Applications are also disposed of.

MEHROZ K. PATHAN JUDGE

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