902-BA-567-2026 (CR)-F.docx IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL BAIL APPLN. NO. 567 OF 2026 Sadiq John Peter …...Applicant Versus The State Of Maharashtra & Anr. …...Respondents —————— Mr. Rugwed Kinkar i/b. Mr. Murlidhar Kharat for Applicant. Mr. S.H. Yadav, A.P.P. for Respondents-State. Officer : HC/859 Mr. R.A. Desai, Juna Rajwada Police Station, present. —————— Coram : ASHWIN D. BHOBE, J. Date : 29th September 2026. PER COURT : 1. Heard Mr. Rugwed Kinkar, learned Advocate for the Applicant and Mr. Yadav, learned A.P.P. for the Respondents-State. 2. At the outset, Mr. Yadav, learned A.P.P. for the Respondents-State, by referring to the order dated 19th December 2025 passed by this Court in Criminal Bail Application No. 3510 of 2025, submits that the liberty granted by order dated 19th December 2025 is required to be availed by filing a fresh Bail Application before the Trial Court at the first instance. He states that the osk 1 of 2 902-BA-567-2026 (CR)-F.docx Applicant, instead of renewing the request before the Trial Court, has filed the second successive Bail Application before this Court. He therefore opposes this Application. 3. Faced with the said objection, Mr. Rugwed Kinkar, learned Advocate for the Applicant, on instructions from the Applicant, seeks leave to withdraw this Bail Application and to approach the Trial Court with a fresh Bail Application in terms of the liberty granted by this Court in the order dated 19th December 2025 passed in Criminal Bail Application No. 3510 of 2025. Mr. Yadav, learned A.P.P. for the Respondents-State, does not oppose the said request. 4. In view of the statement made by Mr. Rugwed Kinkar, 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. 5. If a fresh bail application is filed by the Applicant before the Trial Court, same be considered on its own merits and in accordance with law. 6. Criminal Bail Application No. 567 of of 2026 is disposed of as withdrawn with aforesaid liberty. [ ASHWIN D. BHOBE, J. ] osk 2 of 2 OMKAR SHIVAHAR KUMBHAKARN Digitally signed by OMKAR SHIVAHAR KUMBHAKARN Date: 2026.09.29 18:48:06 +0530