Rajkumar Vikas Dongre vs State of Maharashtra and Anr. — Bombay HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Rajkumar Vikas Dongre vs State of Maharashtra and Anr. — Bombay HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

Leave to withdraw Bail Application No. 3050 of 2025 with liberty to apply to the Trial Court after oral testimony of Respondent No. 2 (Victim) is recorded in Special Case No. 904 of 2024; any fresh bail application to be considered on its own merits and in accordance with law.

Issue for consideration

Whether regular bail should be granted to the Applicant in connection with C.R. No. 153/2024 registered at Sahakar Nagar Police Station, Pune (relief sought in prayer clause (a); not adjudicated, as the application was withdrawn).

Ratio / Principle

On the application of counsel for the Applicant, unopposed by the APP and counsel for Respondent No. 2, leave is granted to withdraw the present Bail Application with liberty to apply to the Trial Court after oral testimony of Respondent No. 2 (Victim) is recorded in Special Case No. 904 of 2024.

Key takeaways

If a fresh Bail Application is filed by the Applicant, it is to be considered on its own merits and in accordance with law.ratio¶27

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Bombay High Court (Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction), Coram: Ashwin D. Bhobe, J. (decided 11 June 2026). Rajkumar Vikas Dongre, Applicant in Bail Application No. 3050 of 2025, had sought regular bail in connection with C.R. No. 153/2024 registered at Sahakar Nagar Police Station, Pune. After hearing the matter for some time, his advocate, Mr. Nilesh Nidhalkar, sought leave to withdraw the application with liberty to apply to the Trial Court upon examination of Respondent No. 2 (Victim); the request was not objected to by the learned APP (Mrs. Rajeshree Newton) or by Mr. Tejas Kothalikar, advocate for Respondent No. 2 (appointed through Legal Aid). The Court granted leave to withdraw the application with liberty to apply to the Trial Court after oral testimony of Respondent No. 2 (Victim) is recorded in Special Case No. 904 of 2024, pending on the file of the Additional Sessions Judge, Pune, and directed that any fresh bail application be considered on its own merits and in accordance with law. The Bail Application was disposed of as withdrawn. No substantive question of bail was adjudicated; no statute or precedent was cited.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

BAIL APPLICATION NO. 3050 OF 2025

Rajkumar Vikas Dongre … Applicant Versus The State Of Maharashtra And Anr. … Respondents

Mr. Nilesh Nidhalkar, for the Applicant.

Mr. Tejas Kothalikar, for the Respondent No. 2. (Appointed through Legal Aid)

Mrs. Rajeshree Newton, APP for the Respondent – State.

CORAM : ASHWIN D. BHOBE, J. DATE : 11^th June, 2026.

P.C. :

Heard Mr. Nilesh Nidhalkar, learned Advocate for the

Applicant, Mrs. Rajeshree Newton, learned APP for the Respondent

No. 1 and Mr. Tejas Kothalikar, learned Advocate for the Respondent No. 2.

By the present Application the Applicant has sought for the

following substantive relief in terms of prayer clause (a):-

a. Grant regular bail to the applicant in connection with C.R. No. 153/2024 registered at Sahakar Nagar Police Station, Pune for the alleged

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offences;

After having heard the matter for some time, Mr. Nilesh Nidhalkar, learned Advocate for the Applicant, sought a passover to take instructions from the Applicant. After some time, at his request, the matter was taken up.

Mr. Nilesh Nidhalkar, learned Advocate for the Applicant, on instructions from the Applicant seeks leave to withdraw the present Application with liberty to apply to the Trial Court upon examination of the Respondent No. 2 (Victim). The request made by Mr. Nilesh Nidhalkar, is not objected to by Mrs. Rajeshree Newton, learned APP and Mr. Tejas Kothalikar, learned Advocate for the Respondent No. 2.

In view of the statement made by Mr. Nilesh Nidhalkar, learned Advocate for the Applicant, leave is granted to withdraw the present Application with liberty to apply to the Trial Court after oral testimony of the Respondent No. 2 (Victim) is recorded in Special Case No. 904 of 2024 pending on the file of the Additional Sessions Judge, Pune.

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If a fresh Bail Application is filed by the Applicant, same be

considered on its own merits and in accordance with law.

Bail Application No. 3050 of 2025 is disposed of as withdrawn.

(ASHWIN D. BHOBE, J.)

Digitally signed by ARJUN ARJUN KRISHNA KRISHNA RODGE RODGE Date: 2026.06.15 10:50:27 +0530

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