Kailas Madhukar Salve v. the State of Maharashtra and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Quashing of FIR No. 574/2025 dated 25/12/2025, Upnagar Police Station, Nashik City; Criminal Application No. 508 of 2026; withdrawal with liberty to seek discharge before Trial Court upon filing of charge-sheet; discharge application to be decided on own merits and in accordance with law; State of Maharashtra represented by A.P.P. Poonam P. Bhosale, no objection to withdrawal; Applicant Kailas Madhukar Salve; Advocates Giridhar Bhansali and Tejas Dinesh Kothalikar; High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction; Coram: Ashwin D. Bhobe, J.; decided 24 March 2026; disposed of as withdrawn; no merits adjudication.
What did the court decide?
Criminal Application No. 508 of 2026 disposed of as withdrawn, with liberty to the Applicant to seek discharge before the Trial Court in the event a charge-sheet is filed; any such discharge application to be considered on its own merits and in accordance with law.