1 of 3 3-ia-3469-26 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 3469 OF 2026 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 683 OF 2026 Mohammad Salim Iqbal Qureshi @ Salim Fruit ..Applicant Versus National Investigation Agency & Anr. ..Respondents __________ Mr. Rajiv Patil, Sr. Advocate a/w. Sameer Singh, Ojas Kochrekar, Dakshata Sawant, Nikita Chavan, Siddhant Raul and Sanghpriya Sarode i/b. Saurabh Ghag for Applicant. Mr. Sagar Bhandare, SPP a/w. Chintan Shah, SPP a/w. Rohan Chaughule for Respondent No.1-NIA. Smt. M. M. Deshmukh, APP for State/Respondent No.2. __________ CORAM : SARANG V. KOTWAL & RANJITSINHA RAJA BHONSALE, JJ. DATE : 8 OCTOBER 2026 PC : 1. This is an application in pending Appeal. The prayers in this application are for the interim bail to enable the Applicant to attend the wedding ceremony of his son and daughter. The Applicant had preferred an application for bail on merits before the Special Court. That application was rejected and he has Gokhale VINOD BHASKAR GOKHALE Digitally signed by VINOD BHASKAR GOKHALE Date: 2026.10.09 11:00:32 +0530 2 of 3 3-ia-3469-26 preferred Criminal Appeal No.683 of 2026 which is pending before this Court. That Appeal is strictly on the merits of the matter. 2. Learned Senior counsel, on instructions, states that, though the Applicant has preferred the present interim application for the interim bail, he may be permitted to withdraw this application and he be further permitted to prefer similar bail application for his temporary release before the Special Judge, because it is a separate cause of action for which separate order can be independently passed by the learned Special Judge. He seeks permission to withdraw this application with such liberty. 3. We find substance in the submission of learned senior counsel. 4. Hence, the following order: O R D E R i) The Application is allowed to be withdrawn. ii) The Applicant is at liberty to prefer an application for temporary bail before the Special Court which is the trial Court, who can consider the fact of the 3 of 3 3-ia-3469-26 marriage of the Applicant’s son and daughter. iii) If such application is preferred by the Applicant, it shall be decided as expeditiously as possible, keeping in view of the fact that the wedding ceremony is to take place on 09.11.2026. iv) The said application shall be considered only for temporary release of the Applicant in accordance with law, without being influenced by the pendency of Criminal Appeal No.683 of 2026 before this Court. v) The Application is disposed of. (RANJITSINHA RAJA BHONSALE, J.) (SARANG V. KOTWAL, J.)