Pawan Hariba Chavan v. the State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench, order dated 04 March 2026 by Justice S. G. Chapalgaonkar in Bail Application Nos. 367, 368, 371, 373, 374, 377, 384 (with 301), 386, 387, 388, 389, 391, 393 and 395 of 2026. Applicants: Sanket Babasaheb Bankar, Rajendra Subhash Umshette, Akshay Gautam Kamble, Prakash Murlidhar Barde, Arjun Shankarsingh Bundela, Dipak Pundalik Patil, Pawan Hariba Chavan, Ajinkya Nilkanth Mule, Raja Alias Nagesh Alias Naksha Damnya Valvi, Keshav Mahadev Harale, Arjun Mahindra Ghuge, Vishwanath Gopinath Kolhe, Balaji Sayanna Iptekar, Prashant Alias Datta Babasaheb Sonwane, each versus the State of Maharashtra. Court heard counsel and ordered notice to respondents, returnable 18.03.2026; learned APP waived notice for Respondent/State. Procedural notice order only - no bail decision, no statute or precedent cited.
What did the court decide?
Interlocutory direction only: notice ordered to be issued to the respondents in all the bail applications, returnable on 18.03.2026; the learned APPs waived notice for the Respondent/State. No decision on bail was taken in this order.