ITEM NO.7 COURT NO.3 SECTION II-A
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) Diary No(s). 1540/2024
(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 10-04-2019 in ABA No. 865/2019 10-04-2019 in ABA No. 867/2019 24-04-2019 in ABA No. 878/2019 24-04-2019 in ABA No. 867/2019 24-04-2019 in ABA No. 865/2019 30-04-2019 in ABA No. 865/2019 30-04-2019 in ABA No. 878/2019 30-04-2019 in ABA No. 867/2019 14-06-2019 in ABA No. 865/2019 14-06-2019 in ABA No. 67/2019 14-06-2019 in ABA No. 878/2019 09-07-2019 in ABA No. 878/2019 09-07-2019 in ABA No. 867/2019 09-07-2019 in ABA No. 865/2019 01-08-2019 in ABA No. 865/2019 01-08-2019 in ABA No. 867/2019 01-08-2019 in ABA No. 878/2019 29-08-2019 in ABA No. 878/2019 29-08-2019 in ABA No. 865/2019 29-08-2019 in ABA No. 867/2019 01-10-2019 in ABA No. 867/2019 01-10-2019 in ABA No. 865/2019 01-10-2019 in ABA No. 878/2019 07-11-2019 in ABA No. 878/2019 07-11-2019 in ABA No. 865/2019 07-11-2019 in ABA No. 867/2019 03-12-2019 in ABA No. 867/2019 03-12-2019 in ABA No. 865/2019 03-12-2019 in ABA No. 878/2019 09-01-2020 in ABA No. 878/2019 09-01-2020 in ABA No. 867/2019 09-01-2020 in ABA No. 865/2019 29-01-2020 in ABA No. 865/2019 29-01-2020 in ABA No. 867/2019 29-01-2020 in ABA No. 878/2019 28-07-2021 in ABA No. 878/2019 28-07-2021 in ABA No. 865/2019 28-07-2021 in ABA No. 867/2019 09-08-2021 in ABA No. 878/2019 09-08-2021 in ABA No. 865/2019 09-08-2021 in ABA No. 867/2019 31-08-2021 in ABA No. 878/2019 31-08-2021 in ABA No. 865/2019 31-08-2021 in ABA No. 867/2019 18-09-2021 in ABA No. 878/2019 18-09-2021 in ABA No. 865/2019 18-09-2021 in ABA No. 867/2019 30-10-2021 in ABA No. 865/2019 30-10-2021 in ABA No. 867/2019 30-10-2021 in ABA No. 878/2019 20-11-2021 in ABA No. 865/2019 20-11-2021 in ABA No. 867/2019 20-11- 2021 in ABA No. 878/2019 09-12-2021 in ABA No. 865/2019 09-12-2021 in ABA No. 867/2019 09-12-2021 in ABA No. 878/2019 22-12-2021 in ABA No. 865/2019 22-12-2021 in ABA No. 867/2019 22-12-2021 in ABA No. 878/2019 07-07-2022 in ABA No. 867/2019 13-07-2022 in ABA No. 867/2019 13-07-2022 in ABA No. 865/2019 13-07-2022 in ABA No. 878/2019 26-07-2022 in ABA No. 878/2019 26-07-2022 in ABA No. 865/2019 19-08-2022 in ABA No. 878/2019 19-08-2022 in ABA No. 867/2019 19-08-2022 in ABA No. 865/2019 25-08-2022 in ABA No. 865/2019 25-08-2022 in ABA No. 867/2019 25-08-2022 in ABA No. 878/2019 23-09-2022 in ABA No. 867/2019 23-09-2022 in ABA No. 878/2019 23-09-2022 in ABA No. 865/2019 17-10-2022 in ABA No. 867/2019 17-10-2022 in ABA No. 865/2019 17-10-2022 in ABA No. 878/2019 21-12-2022 in ABA No. 878/2019 21-12-2022 in ABA No. 865/2019 21-12-2022 in ABA No. 867/2019 11-01-2023 in ABA No. 878/2019 11-01-2023 in ABA No. 867/2019 23-01-2023 in ABA No. 867/2019 23-01-2023 in ABA No. 878/2019 23-01-2023 in ABA No. 865/2019 09-02-2023 in ABA No. 865/2019 09-02-2023 in ABA No. 878/2019 09-02-2023 in ABA No. 867/2019 02-03- 2023 in ABA No. 867/2019 02-03-2023 in ABA No. 878/2019 02-03-2023 in ABA No. 865/2019 30-03-2023 in ABA No. 865/2019 30-03-2023 in ABA No. 878/2019 30-03-2023 in ABA No. 867/2019 17-04-2023 in ABA No. 867/2019 17-04-2023 in ABA No. 878/2019 17-04-2023 in ABA No. 865/2019 27-04-2023 in ABA No. 865/2019 27-04-2023 in ABA No. 867/2019 27-04-2023 in ABA No. 878/2019 04-05-2023 in ABA No. 878/2019 04-05-2023 in ABA No. 865/2019 04-05-2023 in ABA No. 867/2019 01-07-2023 in ABA No. 867/2019 01-07-2023 in ABA No. 878/2019 01-07-2023 in ABA No. 865/2019 21-08-2023 in ABA No. 865/2019 21-08-2023 in ABA No. 867/2019 21-08-2023 in ABA No. 878/2019 06-09-2023 in ABA No. 878/2019 06-09-2023 in ABA No. 865/2019 06-09-2023 in ABA No. 867/2019 14-09-2023 in ABA No. 867/2019 14-09-2023 in ABA No. 865/2019 14-09-2023 in ABA No. 878/2019 11-10-2023 in ABA No. 867/2019 11-10-2023 in ABA No. 878/2019 07-11-2023 in ABA No. 878/2019 07-11-2023 in ABA No. 867/2019 07-11-2023 in ABA No. 865/2019 13-12-2023 in ABA No. 865/2019 13-12-2023 in ABA No. 867/2019 13-12-2023 in ABA No. 878/2019 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Bombay)
ASHOK BALWANT PATIL Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
MOHAN MADHUKAR PATIL & ORS. ETC. Respondent(s)
(IA No.16520/2024-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING and IA No.16522/2024-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.16523/2024-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.16518/2024-PERMISSION TO FILE PETITION (SLP/TP/WP))

Date : 25-01-2024 This petition was called on for hearing today.
CORAM :
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE B.R. GAVAI
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP MEHTA
For Petitioner(s) Mr. Sachin Patil, AOR
Mr. Geo Joseph, Adv.
Mr. Risvi Muhammed, Adv.
Mr. Durgesh Gupta, Adv.
For Respondent(s)
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
1. Permission to file special leave petition(s) is granted.
2. Delay condoned.
3. The order that we propose to pass is not prejudicial to the interest of any of the parties and hence requirement of issuance of notice to the respondents is dispensed with.
4. We are amazed with the speed in which the application for anticipatory bail is considered by the High Court of Bombay.
5. Initially, an ad interim anticipatory bail was granted to the respondent(s) accused on 10.04.2019. The matter came to be adjourned from time to time only observing that on account of paucity of time, the Court is not in a position to hear the matter.
The only effective order that is passed is on 17.10.2022, on which day the time was given to the prosecution to place on record the material in support of their case.
6. No doubt, that the liberty of a citizen is a most important factor. However, at the same time, the consideration of an application for permanent bail on merits is also necessary. We, therefore, request the High Court to take up the matter expeditiously and decide the same finally within a period of one month from today.
7. With the above observations and directions, the special leave petitions are disposed of.
8. Pending application(s), if any, shall stand disposed of.
(NARENDRA PRASAD) (ANJU KAPOOR)
ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS COURT MASTER (NSH)
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