Bombay High Court
BA/659/2026 of VILAS LAXMAN GAVIT Vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS. on 9 October 2026
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL BAIL APPLN. NO. 659 OF 2026 Vilas Laxman Gavit … Applicant Versus The State of Maharashtra & Ors. … Respondents —————— Mr. Thoid
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL BAIL APPLN. NO. 659 OF 2026
Vilas Laxman Gavit
… Applicant
Versus
The State of Maharashtra & Ors.
… Respondents
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Mr. Thoid Shaikh i/b. Mr. Amol Thorat for the Applicant.
Mr. S.H. Yadav, A.P.P. for the Respondent Nos.1 & 3-State.
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Coram : ASHWIN D. BHOBE, J.
Date : 9th October 2026.
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1. On 7th October 2026, the following order was passed : “1. When this Application was called out, none appears for the Applicant, either physically in Court or through V.C. mode.
2. Mr. S.H. Yadav, learned A.P.P. for the Respondent Nos.1 & 3-State, submits that this is a successive Bail Application. He states that by order dated 4th November 2025, the Applicant had withdrawn the earlier Bail Application with liberty to file a fresh Bail Application after the period mentioned in the order dated 4th November 2025 passed in Criminal Bail Application No. 2489 of 2025 (Exhibit ‘D’, page 204). osk 1 of
3. Mr. S.H. Yadav, learned A.P.P. for the Respondent Nos.1 & 3-State, states that, in the event the Applicant intends to renew the request for bail, the same has to be renewed before the Sessions Court at the first instance. He submits that this has not been done and, therefore, the present Bail Application be dismissed.
4. In view of the absence of the Applicant/Advocate for the Applicant, as a matter of indulgence, list this matter on 9th October 2026 under the caption "For Disposal".”
2. Today, Mr. Thoid Sheikh, learned Advocate for the Applicant, appears and seeks leave to withdraw the present Bail Application, with liberty to approach the Trial Court by filing a fresh Bail Application, in terms of the liberty granted by this Court by order dated 4th November 2025 passed in Criminal Bail Application No. 2489 of 2025.
3. This request is not opposed by Mr. Yadav, learned A.P.P. for the Respondent Nos.1 & 3-State.
4. In view of the statement made by Mr. Thoid Sheikh, learned Advocate for the Applicant, leave is granted to withdraw the present Bail Application, with liberty to file a fresh Bail Application before the Trial Court in terms of the observations made by this Court on 4th November 2025 in Criminal Bail Application No. 2489 of 2025. osk 2 of
5. The Criminal Bail Application No. 659 of 2026 is dismissed as withdrawn. [ ASHWIN D. BHOBE, J. ] osk 3 of