Shoukat @ Chuva Vajir Patel v. State Of Maharashtra

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 1497 OF 2023 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 410 OF 2021 Shoukat @ Chuva Vajir Patel .....Applicant Vs.

State Of Maharashtra .....Respondent Ms. Payoshi Rai i/by Dr. Yug Mohit Choudhry for the Applicant. Mrs. A.A. Takalkar APP, for the Respondent-State. CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND SHYAM C. CHANDAK, JJ.

DATE : 17th APRIL, 2024.

P.C.:- 1) After hearing the learned Advocate for the Applicant, when this Court was not inclined to grant relief as prayed for, at this stage, learned Advocate for the Applicant on instructions seeks leave to withdraw Application with liberty to file a fresh Application for bail after the Applicant is qualified for getting bail as per the guidelines issued by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Saudan Singh Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh, 2022 SCC OnLine SC 697 and the view expressed in cases of (i) Suleman Vs. The State of Uttar Pradesh, 2022 SCC OnLine SC 714, (ii) Sonadhar Vs. The State of Chhattisgarh, Petition(s) for Special Leave to 1/2

ssm 10-ia4197.2023.doc Appeal (Crl.) No(s). 529 of 2021 dated 15th September, 2022 and (iii) Dinesh @ Paul Daniel Khajekar Vs. State of Maharashtra & Anr., Criminal Appeal No. 2987 of 2023 (Arising out of S.L.P. (Crl.) No. 10320 of 2023) dated 25th September 2023 .

Leave and liberty granted.

2) Disposed off as withdrawn with aforesaid liberty. 3) As the Applicant is behind bars for more than eight years, list the Appeal along with connected Appeals on final hearing board for the week commencing from 24th June, 2024.

(SHYAM C. CHANDAK, J.) (A.S. GADKARI, J.) by SANJIV SHARNAPPA MASHALKAR Date:

2024.05.07 11:31:59 +0530 SANJIV SHARNAPPA MASHALKAR 2/2