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Swayam Ganesh Sawant v. the State of Maharashtra and Another

Bombay HC9 Feb 2026APEAL/84/2026

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What is this about?

Interim order, criminal appeal vs denial of anticipatory bail; Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Ss. 78(1), 79, 3(5) and SC/ST (POA) Act 1989 Ss. 3(1)(w)(i), 3(1)(w)(ii), 3(2)(va); charge-sheet copy permitted on record; ad-interim anticipatory bail not considered after FIR review (modesty + caste abuse at school, public view); notice returnable 23.02.2026; Bombay HC Aurangabad Bench; Y.G. Khobragade, J.; 09.02.2026.

What did the court decide?

Permission granted to place a copy of the charge-sheet on record; request for ad-interim anticipatory bail not considered at this juncture; notice issued to the non-applicants/respondents returnable on 23.02.2026, with the learned APP waiving service for respondent No. 1-State. Appeal remains pending for hearing on the return date. ¶16

Swayam Ganesh Sawant vs the State of Maharashtra and Another — Bombay HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether permission may be granted to the appellant to place a copy of the charge-sheet on record during pendency of the appeal. +2 more

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Court's answer

Permission is granted to the appellant to file a copy of the charge-sheet (filed by the investigating officer during pendency of the appeal) on record.

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Ratio / Principle

Having regard to the contents of the FIR, the Court is not inclined, at this juncture, to consider the request for ad-interim anticipatory bail.

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Key takeaways

Notice is ordered to be issued to the non-applicants/respondents, returnable on 23.02.2026.ratio¶17
The learned APP waives service of notice for respondent No. 1-State (span truncated by a line/page break; continuation '1-State.' appears in the next block).ratio¶18

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Criminal Appeal No. 84 of 2026 — Swayam Ganesh Sawant v. State of Maharashtra & Anr. (Bombay HC, Aurangabad Bench; coram Y.G. Khobragade, J.; dated 09.02.2026). Interim order on an appeal challenging the order dated 19.01.2026 of the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Bhokar (District Nanded) in Criminal Bail Application No. 149 of 2025 declining anticipatory bail in Crime No. 349 of 2025 (Umri Police Station, registered 24.11.2025), for offences punishable under Sections 78(1), 79, 3(5) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Sections 3(1)(w)(i), 3(1)(w)(ii), 3(2)(va) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. During pendency the investigating officer filed the charge-sheet and the Court permitted a copy to be placed on record. On going through the FIR — recording that the appellant/accused and another outraged the modesty of respondent No. 2 and abused her caste in the School, a public place within public view — the Court declined, at this juncture, to consider the request for ad-interim anticipatory bail. Notice was ordered to be issued to the non-applicants/respondents, returnable on 23.02.2026; the learned APP waived service of notice for respondent No. 1-State. The substantive question on anticipatory bail remained open for consideration on the return date.

Swayam Ganesh Sawant v. the State of Maharashtra and Another

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