Supreme Court – Daily Orders
Rohit P. Koli vs The State Of Maharashtra on 26 June, 2025
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. ___________OF 2025
[@ SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRL.) NO. 4935 OF 2025]
ROHIT P. KOLI Appellant (s)
VERSUS
THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA Respondent(s)
ORDER
We have heard learned counsel for the parties.
Leave granted.
Pursuant to our order dated 16.06.2025, appellant has filed
rejoinder affidavit to the counter affidavit filed by the respondent
– State of Maharashtra.
From a perusal of the counter affidavit, we find that barring
one accused named Ashraf, none of the other co-accused has
absconded. In fact, most of the co-accused have been granted
bail.
We are of the view that for the conduct of a co-accused, the
appellant cannot be denied the benefit of regular bail. In this
connection, we may mention that the appellant was arrested on
10.01.2019 in connection with Crime Case No. 13 of 2019
Signature Not Verified
registered at Yerwada Police Station, Pune for the offences
Digitally signed by
Jayant Kumar Arora
Date: 2025.06.27
17:03:10 IST
Reason:
punishable under Sections 3(25), 3(27) and 4(25) of the Arms Act
and Section 37(1) read with Section 135 of the Maharashtra
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During the Covid period, he was granted bail for about two
years, whereafter, he had surrendered to the jail authorities.
Even then, as of now, appellant has undergone actual
incarceration of more than 05 years. We have also been informed
that charges have not yet been framed, not to speak of the trial
commencing. In such circumstances, we are of the view that a
case for grant of bail has been made out by the appellant.
Accordingly, we direct that the appellant shall be produced
before the concerned trial court within a maximum period of 07
days from today, whereafter, the trail court shall grant bail to the
appellant on such terms and conditions, as may be deemed
appropriate by the trial court.
In view of above, the appeal is disposed of.
Pending interlocutory application(s), if any, is/are disposed
of.
……………………………J.
[ UJJAL BHUYAN ]
…….……………………..J.
[ K. VINOD CHANDRAN ]
New Delhi;
JUNE 26, 2025.
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ITEM NO.16 COURT NO.12 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
Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No(s). 4935/2025
[Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 24-02-2025
in BA No. 2283/2024 passed by the High Court of Judicature at
Bombay]
ROHIT P. KOLI Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA Respondent(s)
IA No. 82299/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENT, IA No. 82300/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.
Date : 26-06-2025 This matter was called on for hearing today.
CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE UJJAL BHUYAN
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. VINOD CHANDRAN
[PARTIAL COURT WORKING DAYS BENCH]
For Petitioner(s) : Ms. Sana Raees Khan, Adv.
Mr. Dhawesh Pahuja, AOR
For Respondent(s) : Mr. Adarsh Dubey, Adv.
Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv.
Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR
Mr. Shrirang B. Varma, Adv.
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
Leave granted.
The appeal is disposed of in terms of the signed order.
Pending interlocutory application(s), if any, is/are disposed
of.
(JAYANT KUMAR ARORA) (PREETI SAXENA)
ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS COURT MASTER
(Signed order is placed on the file)