Sarvesh Bhatia v. Union Of India And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION NO. 86 OF 2026 Sarvesh Bhatia ... Applicant Versus.

Union Of India And Anr.

... Respondents ----- Mr. Aryan Kotwal (Thr. V.C.) a/w Mr. Shubham Upadhyay, Advocate for the Applicant.

Mr. Saket R. Ketkar, Spl. PP, for Respondent No. 1, D.R.I. Ms. Shilpa Talhar, APP for the Respondent - State. ------- CORAM : ASHWIN D. BHOBE, J.

DATE : 15th June, 2026.

P.C. :

1.

Heard, Mr. Aryan Kotwal, learned Advocate for the Applicant, Mr. Saket Ketkar, Spl. PP for Respondent No. 1 and Ms. Shilpa Talhar, learned APP for the Respondent-State. 2.

On 12.06.2026, at the request of Mr. Aryan Kotwal, learned Advocate for the Applicant, this Application was adjourned and fixed for today to enable Mr. Aryan Kotwal to take instructions from the Applicant regarding the order dated 17.10.2025 passed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Special Leave Petition (CRL No. 9778 of 2025).

3.

Today, Mr. Aryan Kotwal, learned Advocate for the Applicant, on instructions from the Applicant, submits that the time for disposal of the proceedings in NDPS Spl. Case No. 14 of 2021, pending before the Additional Sessions Court, Panvel, Raigad, would expire on 16.10.2026, in terms of the order dated 17.10.2025 passed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Special Leave Petition (CRL No. 9778 of 2025). In view of the same, on instructions from the Applicant, Mr. Aryan Kotwal, learned Advocate for the Applicant, seeks leave to withdraw the present Bail Application with liberty to file a fresh Bail Application before the Trial Court if the proceedings of NDPS Spl. Case No. 14 of 2021 are not disposed of within the time stipulated in the order dated 17.10.2025 passed in Special Leave to Appeal (CRL No. 9778 of 2025). This request is not opposed by Mr. Saket Ketkar, Spl. PP for Respondent No. 1 and Ms. Shilpa Talhar, learned APP for the Respondent-State.

4.

In view of the statement made by Mr. Aryan Kotwal, learned Advocate for the Applicant, leave is granted to withdraw the present Bail Application with liberty as prayed. In the event a fresh

Bail Application is filed before the Trial Court, the same be considered on its own merits and in accordance with law. 5.

This Bail Application was not argued on merits, accordingly, all the contentions of the parties remain open. 6.

Criminal Bail Application No. 86 of 2026 is disposed of as withdrawn.

(ASHWIN D. BHOBE, J.)