Keyur Chandulal Nakrani vs State of Maharashtra — Bombay HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Keyur Chandulal Nakrani vs State of Maharashtra — Bombay HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Permission to withdraw the Bail Application with liberty to file a fresh bail application after six months if the trial does not progress substantially; the Trial Court was additionally requested to conclude the trial within six months of the order being placed before it.

Issue for consideration

Whether the Applicant's Bail Application should be allowed at this stage, given that the trial has already commenced, one witness is under examination, the Applicant failed to respond to two notices under Section 35(3) BNSS, and has a history of evading process.

Court's answer

The Court was not inclined to allow the Bail Application at this stage, since the trial has already commenced.

Ratio / Principle

Permission was granted to the Applicant to withdraw the Bail Application, with liberty to file a fresh bail application after six months if the trial does not progress substantially.

Key takeaways

The Trial Court was requested to expedite the trial and conclude it within a period of six months from the date on which this order is placed before it.ratio¶16

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Bail Application disposed of as withdrawn — Bombay High Court, Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction (DR. NEELA GOKHALE, J.), Bail Application No. 114 of 2026, Keyur Chandulal Nakrani v. State of Maharashtra, decided 17th January 2026. At the outset, the State's APP drew the Court's attention to the order of the Additional Sessions Judge, City Civil & Sessions Court, Greater Mumbai, in Criminal Bail Application No.3463/2025 in C.R. No.469 of 2024, wherein it was recorded that the trial had already commenced, one witness was under examination, the Applicant had failed to respond to two notices issued under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) and had a history of evading process. The APP further stated, on instructions, that the prosecution intends to examine eight witnesses. The Court observed it was not inclined to allow the application at this stage since the trial had commenced. Applicant's counsel, on instructions, sought leave to withdraw; leave was granted with liberty to file a fresh bail application after six months if the trial does not progress substantially, and the Trial Court was requested to conclude the trial within six months of the order being placed before it.

Prasad Rajput

(P.A.) 18_BA_114_2026.doc

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

BAIL APPLICATION NO.114 OF 2026

Keyur Chandulal Nakrani …Applicant Versus State of Maharashtra …Respondent

Mr. Karim Pathan a/w Fardeen Shaikh and Shoaib Shaikh, for the Applicant.

Ms. Poonam P. Bhosale , APP for the Respondent - State. PSI – Khondre, Pantnagar Police Station, present.

CORAM DR. NEELA GOKHALE, J. DATED: 17^TH JANUARY 2026

PC:-

1. At the very outset, Ms. Poonam Bhosale, learned

APP representing the State, drew my attention to the order passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, City Civil & Sessions Court, Greater Mumbai, in Criminal Bail Application No.3463/2025 in C.R. No.469 of 2024. In the said order the learned Judge has recorded that the trial has already commenced and one witness is under examination. It is also recorded that initially the Applicant failed to respond to two notices issued under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik

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Prasad Rajput (P.A.) 18_BA_114_2026.doc

Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) and that Applicant’s history of evading process. Hence, at this stage, I am not inclined to consider allowing the application, since the trial has already commenced. Ms. Bhosale, on instructions, also states that there are as many as eight witnesses that the prosecution intends to examine.

2. In view of the statement made by Ms. Bhosale, Mr. Pathan, learned counsel for the Applicant, on instructions, seeks permission to withdraw the present Bail Application with liberty to file a fresh bail application after six months if the trial does not progress substantially. Permission is granted with the aforesaid liberty.

3. In any event, the Trial Court is requested to expedite the trial and conclude the same within a period of six months from the date on which this order is placed before it.

4. Bail Application is disposed of as withdrawn.

(DR. NEELA GOKHALE, J)

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