Rupaji Haraji Ahadhi v. State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
Bail application disposed; bail denied at current stage; trial delay grounds; Trial Court directed to complete trial within six months; liberty to file fresh bail application thereafter; prosecution witnesses not produced per Roznama; APP failed to take steps; only three witnesses examined; complainant evidence over seven months; twenty witnesses proposed; offence: murder of wife; Gholwad Police Station, District Palghar; legal-aid counsel Ms. Mallika Sharma; APP Ms. Anuja S. Gotad; Justice Dr. Neela Gokhale; High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction; dated 18 February 2026.
What did the court decide?
No enlargement on bail at this stage; conditional liberty to file a fresh bail application before the Trial Court or this Court if the trial is not concluded within six months from receipt of this order. ¶6