Criminal Bail Application Nos. 3769 to 3789 of 2025 (batch; Nos. 3783 and 3784 of 2025 do not appear in the reported text), High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Circuit Bench at Kolhapur, Coram: Nitin B. Suryawanshi, J.; order dated 9th January 2026, pronounced in court (P.C.). Nineteen applicants — Sameer Sanjay Kamble, Rohan Dipak Londhe, Dilip Siddhappa Patil, Somnath alias Somya Suryawanshi, Madanmohan Haripad Hajra, Datta alias Dattatraya Revappa Mali, Rangrao Balwant Patil, Natha alias Shankar Pundalik Javir, Samir Gafur Tamboli, Vijaykumar Popat Khot, Vijay Bhagwat Kundalkar, Digambar Rohidas Agawane, Fardeen Nasir Khan, Sandip Keshav Chavan, Adinath Dilip Bhosale, Aryan Sardar Chavan, Anantrao Vaijinath Patil, Anil Ammilal Baloda and Aadesh Dilip Kale — seek bail against the State of Maharashtra (some applications arraying an additional, unnamed respondent). After hearing counsel, the Court passed an interlocutory order only: notice was ordered to be issued to the respondents, returnable on 27th January 2026, with the learned APP waiving service of notice on behalf of the State. No direction was issued on the merits of the bail applications, and no statute or precedent was cited.
