Mrs Lipi Anujkumar Khemka v. Satishkumar Mohanlal Khemka and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail challenge disposed as infructuous. Bombay High Court, Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction, Criminal Application No. 88 of 2026, decided 23.03.2026 by N.R. Borkar, J. Applicant: Mrs. Lipi Anujkumar Khemka (counsel Gaurav Shukla). Respondents: Satishkumar Mohanlal Khemka & Ors. (counsel Ashok M. Saraogi with Anand Mishra and Priti Rao); State (APP Shahaji R. Shinde). Impugned order: 28th January 2026, Additional Sessions Judge, Mumbai, allowing anticipatory bail in Anticipatory Bail Application No. 24 of 2026. Ground for disposal: crime registered after the impugned order and respondents' fresh anticipatory bail application pending before the Sessions Court; applicant's counsel did not dispute this. Outcome: application disposed of as infructuous; no relief granted, no quantum involved, no statutes or precedents cited, no issue on merits decided.
What did the court decide?
In view of the subsequent developments (registration of the crime after the impugned order and pendency of the respondents' fresh anticipatory bail application before the Sessions Court), nothing survives in the present application and it is disposed of as infructuous.