39-ia-2872-26 in apeal-st.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 2872 OF 2026 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL (ST) NO.16404 OF 2026 Rahul A. Shelake …Appellant/Applicant V/s. State of Maharashtra & Anr. ...Respondents. ………….. Mr. Akshay Bankapur for the Appellant/Applicant. Mr. V.N. Sagare, APP for the Respondent/State. Ms Sonam Pandey, Appointed Advocate for Respondent No.2. ………….. CORAM : N.R. BORKAR, J. DATE : 22.09.2026. P.C. : 1. This is an application for condonation of delay in filing the appeal under Section 14-A of the Scheduled Caste and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act (for short “SC & ST Act”) against the order rejecting bail application filed by the present appellant. 2. For the reasons stated in the application, the delay of 19 days in filing the appeal is condoned. 3. Criminal Appeal (St) No. 16404 of 2026 be listed on 30.9.2026. 4. The Interim Application is disposed of accordingly. [N.R.BORKAR, J.] Dinesh S. Sherla 1/1