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905 IA-2910-2026.DOC skt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 2910 OF 2026 IN ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 888 OF 2024 Deepak Ramakant Patil …Applicant In the matter between : Naresh Rama Ahire ...Applicant Vs. State of Maharashtra …Respondent Mr. Kapil Shetye, for the Applicant in IA-2910-2026. Mr. S.V. Walve, APP for the Respondent-State. PSI M.W. Shirke, Kharghar Police Station, Navi Mumbai.
CORAM:
MADHAV J. JAMDAR, J.
DATE :
29th AUGUST, 2026 P. C.:
1. The Applicant, who is the First Informant, has sought the following reliefs :- a) This Hon'ble Court may direct Ld. Judicial Magistrate First Class, Panvel to discontinue the fixed deposit made pursuant to the order dated 7th January 2026 and after that the Applicant may be allowed to withdraw the said amount of Rs.15,93,000/- [In words, Rupees Fifteen Lakh 29th August, 2026
905 IA-2910-2026.DOC skt Ninety-Three only], along with interest accumulated, if any, on the said amount. b) This Hon'ble Court may allow the Applicant to withdraw interest on 15,93,000/- [In words, Rupees Fifteen Lakh Ninety-Three Thousand only], from the date the amount was deposited by the accused in this Hon'ble Court until the amount was transferred to JMFC, Panvel which is at present lying with this Hon'ble Court.”
2. Mr. Shetye, learned counsel appearing for the Applicant in Interim Application No. 2910 of 2026 points out the order dated 6th October, 2025 passed by the learned Single Judge in Interim Application No. 2192 of 2025 in Anticipatory Bail Application No. 888 of 2024. The said order reads as under :-
“1 For the reasons stated in paragraph 4 of the
order dated 18 April 2024, thereby the original applicant has given no-objection for the present applicant withdrawing the amount, the present interim application is allowed in terms of prayer clause (a).
2. Before withdrawing such amount, the applicant shall file an undertaking stating that such withdrawal 29th August, 2026
905 IA-2910-2026.DOC skt shall be subject to final decision passed by the Trial Court in the complaint arising between the parties.
3. The said Anticipatory Bail Application was placed before this Court on 7th January, 2026 and as none has appeared for the Applicant as well as the First Informant, this Court, as far as the amount deposited in this Court, directed that the said amount be transferred to the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Panvel and directed that the said amount shall be invested in a Nationalised Bank in a fixed deposit for the appropriate period and further directed the learned Judge to pass an order in accordance with law with respect to the amount which has been deposited.
4. Mr. Shetye, learned counsel for the Applicant states that as none has appeared for the Applicant on 7th January 2026, the said
order dated 6th October 2025 was not pointed out to this Court and therefore, the above direction was passed.
5. Accordingly, in view of the order dated 6th October 2025 passed by the learned Single Jude in Interim Application No. 2192 of 2025, the Application is allowed in terms of prayer clauses (a) and (b), which are already set out hereinabove. The Applicant, i.e. 29th August, 2026
905 IA-2910-2026.DOC skt the First Informant shall also file an undertaking in terms of order dated 6th October, 2025 before the learned JMFC, Panvel.
6. The Interim Application is disposed of.
[MADHAV J. JAMDAR, J.] 29th August, 2026