82-WP-4096-2026 (CR).doc Shubhada S Kadam IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CR. WRIT PETITION NO. 4096 OF 2026 Ketan Jitendrabhai Patel ...Petitioner/s Versus The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent/s ________________________________________________________________ Mr. Sarthak P. Shetty along with Mr. Dnyanesh S. Bhatkhande, Advocate for Petitioner. Mr. B. B. Kulkarni, APP for Respondent-State. Mr. Vaibhav Katkar, Police Inspector, EOW, Mumbai, present. _________________________________________________________________ CORAM : SHIVKUMAR DIGE, J. DATE : 25th AUGUST, 2026. P.C. : 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner. 2. The petitioner is seeking expeditious disposal of the bail application pending before the Metropolitan Magistrate Court. 3. It is contention of learned counsel for the petitioner that the bail application was filed in the month of June 2026. The petitioner is behind bars since 31st March 2026, yet there is no order on bail application and requested to expedite the bail application. 4. Learned APP submits that appropriate orders be passed. 5. I have heard both learned counsel, perused the documents produced on record. SHUBHADA SHANKAR KADAM Digitally signed by SHUBHADA SHANKAR KADAM Date: 2026.08.27 18:44:41 +0530 82-WP-4096-2026 (CR).doc Shubhada S Kadam 6. As the bail application of the petitioner is pending for more than two months and the petitioner is behind bars since 31st March 2026, I pass following order : O R D E R 1. The petition is allowed. 2. The bail application of the applicant which is pending before the Metropolitan Magistrate Court be decided as expeditiously as possible and preferably within two weeks from the date of receipt of this order. The application stands disposed of. (SHIVKUMAR DIGE, J.)