Sawon Chaudhary v. The State Of Maharashtra

13-ABA-87-2025.doc

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO.87/2025 SAWON CHAUDHARY ...APPLICANT VS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA ...RESPONDENT WITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO.193/2025 IN ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 87/2025 SHANTANU SANDEEP MHATRE ...INTERVENER

IN THE MATTER BETWEEN

SAWON CHAUDHARY ...APPLICANT VS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA ...RESPONDENT ...

Adv. Aabad Ponda, Senior Advocate i/b J. Sagar Associates for the Applicant.

Adv. Rutuja A. Ambekar, APP for the Respondent State. Adv. Subhash Jha a/w Sachin Chandan, Sumithkumar Nimbalkar & Govind Mundhe for the Intervener.

Digitally signed by AMOL DILIPRAO NAWALE Date:

2025.04.02 11:43:35 +0530 AMOL DILIPRAO NAWALE ...

CORAM

: RAJESH S. PATIL, J.

DATED : APRIL 1, 2025 P.C.:

ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 87/2025 :- 1.

Mr. Ponda, learned senior counsel for the applicant submits that the compilation of documents has been handed over just now by the Advocate appearing for the first informant. Therefore, he requires Harish

13-ABA-87-2025.doc some time to go through the said documents.

2.

Stand over to 17 April 2025 at 3.30 pm.

3.

Interim relief granted earlier to continue till the next date of hearing.

INTERIM APPLICATION NO.193/2025 IN ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 87/2025 :- 1.

The interim application has been filed by the first informant for allowing him to intervene the anticipatory bail application. 2.

Heard. I have gone through the contents of the interim application. In view of the law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Jagjeet Singh & Ors. v. Ashish Mishra @ Monu & Anr., Criminal Appeal No. 632 of 2022, it has been held that a victim is entitled to be heard during the adjudication of the bail application of the accused. 3.

In light of the same, the interim application is allowed in terms of prayer clause (a).

(RAJESH S. PATIL, J.) Harish