36-ba-1380-26.doc IN IN THE THE HIGH HIGH COURT COURT OF OF JUDICATURE JUDICATURE AT AT BOMBAY BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION BAIL APPLICATION NO.1380 OF 2026 Pradeep Raghunath Chavan .. Applicant Versus The State of Maharashtra & Anr .. Respondent ....................  Ms Shubhangi Parulekar a/w Mr. Sudarshan Dongre Advocates for Applicant.  Ms Shilpa Talhar APP for State.  Ms Shuba Shirsat appointed Advocate (appointed) for Respondent No.2. ................... CORAM : MILIND N. JADHAV, J. DATE : SEPTEMBER 21, 2026 P.C. : 1. Heard Ms Parulekar, learned Advocate for Applicant, Ms Talhar learned APP for Respondent and Ms Shirsat, learned appointed Advocate for Respondent No.2. 2. Pursuant to the previous order and the reports having been submitted before the Court and after expressing my disinclination to grant the present application for bail, Ms Parulekar, persuades the Court not to pass any order on merits lest it would affect the trial which is yet to be commence. She would submit that in view of the long incarceration undergone by the Applicant this Court be pleased to expedite the trial. That request made by Ms Parulekar can undoubtedly be granted considering the long incarceration of the Applicant. The Learned Trial Court is directed to expedite the trial and complete it as Meera Jadhav 1 of 2 MEERA MAHESH JADHAV Digitally signed by MEERA MAHESH JADHAV Date: 2026.09.22 11:30:26 +0530 36-ba-1380-26.doc expeditiously as possible. 3. This Court appreciates the assistance rendered by Ms. Shirsat, learned Advocate appointed through the Legal Aid to espouse the cause of Respondent No. 2 (prosecutrix). Her fees be paid by the High Court Legal Aid Services Authority as per rules on production of a server copy of this order and other compliances in accordance with the decision of this Court in the case of Sanjyot Nitin Telharkar v. The State of Maharashtra & Anr1 and the Schedule under Regulation 18(1) of the Maharashtra State Legal Services Authority Rules, 1998. 4. Bail Application is dismissed as withdrawn. [ MILIND N. JADHAV, J. ] 1 Judgment dated 25.09.2024 passed in Misc. Civil Application No.134 of 2024. Meera Jadhav 2 of 2