Rajesh M Kapadia v. The Federal Bank Limited And ANR

502-WP-755-2026.doc

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 755 OF 2026 Rajesh M Kapadia ... Petitioner V/s.

Federal Bank Limited And Anr.

... Respondents __________________________________________________________ Mr. Pankaj Sawant Senior Counsel) a/w Gouresh Mogre, Tripty Kapadia, Chitra Mhaska, Anusya Raghavan, for the Petitioner. Mr. Benny Joseph a/w Sona Maria and Soni Jhadav, for Respondent No. 1.

Ms. Pallavi Dabholkar, APP for the State.

__________________________________________________________ CORAM : ASHWIN D. BHOBE, J.

DATE : 16th FEBRUARY, 2026.

P.C. :

1.

This Petition was circulated in view of the urgency expressed in the praecipe dated 16th February, 2026. 2.

Mr. Benny Joseph, learned Advocate, appears and states that he has instructions to appear on behalf of Respondent No. 1 and waive service of notice on behalf of Respondent No. 1. He requests for 2 weeks time to file reply placing stand of Respondent No. 1 on record.

3.

Leave to file reply is granted. Reply be filed on or before 5th Arjun

502-WP-755-2026.doc March, 2026 with an advance copy to the Advocate for the Petitioner on record.

4.

Ms. Dabholkar, learned APP appears on behalf of the Respondent No. 2 - State.

5.

At the request of Mr. Benny Josheph, learned Advocate for Respondent No. 1 and by consent of parties, list on 10th March, 2026.

6.

Considering the issue involved in the present Petition, parties are put to notice that subject to time constraint an endeavor would be made to dispose of this Petition finally at the stage of admission.

(ASHWIN D. BHOBE, J.) by GITALAXMI KRISHNA KOTAWADEKAR Date:

2026.02.17 16:23:36 +0530 GITALAXMI KRISHNA KOTAWADEKAR Arjun