Jitendra P Maru v. The Central Bureau Of Investigation And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.5542 OF 2025 Jitendra P. Maru .. Petitioner Vs.

The Central Bureau of Investigation & Ors.

.. Respondents Mr. Rajendra Desai with Mr. Vasim Siddiqui, Mr. Kunal Bhanage, i/by Mr. Akshay Pawar, Advocates for the Petitioner. Mr. Kuldeep S. Patil, Advocate for Respondent No.1-CBI. Mr. Harish Salve (through V.C.), Senior Advocate, with Mr. Vikram Nankani, Senior Advocate, with Mr. Rubin Vakil, Mr. Ashwin Dave, Mr. Rishit Badiani and Mr. Gaurav Gangal, Advocates, i/by A.S. Dayal & Associates, for Reliance Industries Limited. CORAM : SHREE CHANDRASHEKHAR, CJ. & GAUTAM A. ANKHAD, J.

DATE : 24TH FEBRUARY 2026.

[ THROUGH HYBRID HEARING ] P.C. :

Mr. Harish Salve, the learned senior counsel appearing through virtual mode states that "Reliance Industries Limited" is a necessary party to be impleaded in this writ petition. 2.

Mr. Rajendra Desai, the learned counsel for the petitioner states that there are judgments of the Hon'ble Supreme Court to the effect that this entity is not required to be heard at this stage in this writ petition.

3.

Be that as it may, post this matter on 10th March 2026 under the heading "For Final Disposal".

4.

Mr. Desai, the learned counsel for the petitioner undertakes to supply copy of the writ petition to Mr. Kuldeep Patil, the learned 1/2 227-WP-5542-2025.doc Dixit

counsel for the respondent no.1-CBI and Mr. Ashwin Dave/ Mr. Rubin Vakil, the learned assisting counsels to Mr. Harish Salve, the learned senior counsel appearing through virtual mode and the learned senior counsel Mr. Vikram Nankani for Reliance Industries Limited.

[ GAUTAM A. ANKHAD, J. ] [ CHIEF JUSTICE ] SNEHA ABHAY DIXIT SNEHA ABHAY DIXIT Date: 2026.02.24 20:34:34 +0530 2/2 227-WP-5542-2025.doc Dixit