Bombay High Court
Mahesh Natvarlal Kothari And Anr vs C.B.I., B.S. And F.C., Mumbai on 12 August, 2024
Bench: A. S. Gadkari, Neela Gokhale
RVC 76-Wp-421-2020.doc
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 421 OF 2020
Anup Kumar Kishorilal Gond ] ... Petitioner
V/s.
1. CBI, BS and FC, Mumbai ]
Vide its RC4(E)/2002/CBI/BS&FC/Mumbai ]
2. The State of Maharashtra ]
3. Union of India ] ... Respondents
WITH
CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 457 OF 2020
WITH
INTERIM APPLICATION (ST.) NO. 19547 OF 2023
IN
CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 457 OF 2020
WITH
CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 877 OF 2020
WITH
CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1001 OF 2020
WITH
CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 6420 OF 2021
WITH
CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1118 OF 2022
WITH
CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 2956 OF 2022
WITH
CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 3575 OF 2022
WITH
CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1999 OF 2023
WITH
CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 3872 OF 2023
WITH
CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1084 OF 2024
WITH
CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 3750 OF 2019
WITH
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CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 3794 OF 2019
WITH
CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 3598 OF 2021
WITH
CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 4732 OF 2022
WITH
CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 4968 OF 2022
WITH
CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 5133 OF 2022
WITH
CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 5146 OF 2022
WITH
CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 5223 OF 2022
WITH
CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 5248 OF 2022
WITH
CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 5268 OF 2022
WITH
CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 5280 OF 2022
WITH
CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 5288 OF 2022
WITH
CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 5294 OF 2022
WITH
CRIMINAL APPLICATION (APL) NO. 05 OF 2020
WITH
CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 259 OF 2014
WITH
CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 574 OF 2015
WITH
CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 587 OF 2015
WITH
CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 323 OF 2016
WITH
CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 332 OF 2016
WITH
CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 350 OF 2016
WITH
CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 351 OF 2016
WITH
INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 1319 OF 2019
WITH
CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 352 OF 2016
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WITH
CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 668 OF 2016
WITH
CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 334 OF 2017
WITH
CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 457 OF 2018
WITH
CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 625 OF 2018
WITH
INTERIM APPLICATION (ST.) NO.14764 OF 2024
WITH
CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 639 OF 2018
WITH
CRIMINAL APPLICATION IN REVISION NO.611 OF 2018
WITH
CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 693 OF 2018
WITH
CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 19 OF 2019
WITH
CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 213 OF 2019
WITH
CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 342 OF 2019
WITH
CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION (ST.) NO. 350 OF 2019
WITH
CRIMINAL APPLICATION IN REVISION NO.318 OF 2019
WITH
CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 474 OF 2019
WITH
INTERIM APPLICATION (ST.) NO. 15225 OF 2024
WITH
CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 533 OF 2019
WITH
CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 576 OF 2019
WITH
CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 580 OF 2019
WITH
CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 605 OF 2019
WITH
CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 63 OF 2021
WITH
CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 91 OF 2021
WITH
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CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 101 OF 2021
WITH
CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 106 OF 2021
WITH
CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 107 OF 2021
WITH
CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 108 OF 2021
WITH
CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 231 OF 2021
WITH
CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 246 OF 2021
WITH
CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 247 OF 2021
WITH
CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 248 OF 2021
WITH
CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 255 OF 2021
WITH
CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 291 OF 2021
WITH
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 05 OF 2020
Mr. Niteen Pradhan a/w Ms. Shubhada Khot, Mr. Shahen Pradhan, Mr. Danish
Patel, Mr. Anthony Nadar, Ms. Shambhavi Desai & Ms. Shruti Jagtap for
Petitioner in WP Nos. 421/2020, 457/2020, 1999/2023, 3750/2019 &
3794/2019.
Mr. Nitin Pradhan a/w. Mr. Ashok Mishra, Ms. Madhu Rani, Mr. Ameet Mehta,
Mr. Dhara Chauhan, Ms. Kinjal Mehta, Ms. Prapti Patil, Mr. Jilesh Sanghavi &
Mr. Shreyas Mhapankar i/b M/s. Solicis Lex for Applicant in APL Nos.
05/2020.
Mr. Niteen Pradhan a/w. Ms. Shubhada Khot, Mr. Shahen Pradhan, Mr. Danish
Patel, Mr. Anthony Nadar, Ms. Shambhavi Desai & Ms. Shruti Jagtap for
Applicant in Revision Nos. 668/2016.
Mr. Haresh Jagtiani, Senior Advocate a/w. Mr. Vijay Shingnapurkar, Mr.
Suprabh Jain, Mr. Harshad Shingnapurkar & Mr. Pushpvijay Kanoji for
Petitioner in WP Nos. 877/2020, 1001/2020 & 3575/2022 and for Applicant
in Revision Nos. 19/2019,
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Mr. Sanjeev Kadam a/w. Mr. Ramdas Hake Patil, Ms. Varsha Thorat, Mr. Sohel
Mujawar, Mr. Pratik Deshmukh & Mr. Prashant Raul for Petitioner in WP Nos.
6420/2021 & 3872/2023 and for Applicant in Revision Nos. 574/2015,
457/2018, 342/2019, (St.) 350/2019, 576/2019 & 605/2019.
Mr. Girish Kulkarni, Senior Advocate a/w. Mr. Kripashankar Pandey, Ms.
Mrunmai Kulkarni, Mr. Mayur Tamare & Mr. Abhishek K. for Petitioners in WP
Nos. 1118/2022.
Mr. Amit Desai, Senior Advocate a/w. Mr. Gopal Shenoy, Mr. Nishit Dhruva, Mr.
Prakash Shinde, Ms. Niyati Merchant & Mr. Harsh Sheth i/b. MDP and
Partners for Applicant in Revision Nos. 351/2016.
Mr. V.P. Sawant, Senior Advocate a/w. Mr. Nitin Dhumal for Petitioners in WP
Nos. 2956/2022.
Mr. Harihar Bhave a/w Ms. Smruti Jadhav i/by Bhave and Company for
Petitioner in WP Nos. 1084/2024 and for Applicant in Revision Nos.
231/2021.
Mr. R.M. Tiwari for Petitioner in WP Nos. 3598/2021, 4732/2022, 4968/2022,
5133/2022, 5146/2022, 5223/2022, 5248/2022, 5268/2022, 5280/2022,
5288/2022 & 5294/2022.
Mr. Yash Wardhan Tiwari a/w Ms. Deepa Panickar for Applicant in Revision
Nos. 259/2014.
Mr. Pranav Bhadeka a/w. Mr. Prashant Pawar for Applicant in Revision Nos.
323/2016.
Mr. Nishit Dhruva a/w. Mr. Prakash Shinde, Ms. Niyati Merchant, Mr. Harsh
Sheth i/b. MDP and Partners for Applicant in Revision Nos. 350/2016 &
352/2016.
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Mr. Mahesh Mule, Spl.P.P. a/w Ms.Nidhi Narwekar & Ms.Varsha Bhandari for
Respondent in WP/457/2020 and for Applicant in IA/ST/19547/2023.
Mr. Gopalkrishna Shenoy i/b. Mr. Pawan Mali for Applicant in Revision Nos.
625/2018 & 474/2019.
Mr. P. R. Arjunwadkar i/b. Ms. Prabha Badadare for Applicant in Revision Nos.
213/2019.
Mr. Harshad Bavkar for Applicant in Revision Nos. 580/2019.
Mr. Apoorv Singh a/w. Mr.Saurabh Desai, Mr.Ankit R. Upadhyay for Applicant
in Revision Nos. 63/2021, 91/2021, 101/2021, 106/2021, 107/2021,
108/2021, 246/2021, 247/2021, 248/2021, 255/2021 & 291/2021.
Ms. Shivani Jadhav i/b Ms. Krupali Hiren Rajani for Appellant in Appeal No.
05/2020.
Mr. Amit Munde, Spl. P.P. a/w. Mr. Jai Vohra for Respondent-C.B.I. in WP Nos.
421/2020, 877/2020, 1118/2022, 1999/2023, 1084/2024, 3750/2019 &
3794/2019 and for Applicant in Revision Nos. 259/2014, 574/2015,
668/2016, 19/2019, (St.) 350/2019 & 231/2021.
Mr. Kuldeep Patil a/w. Mr. Ashish Srivastava for Respondent-C.B.I. in WP Nos.
1001/2020, 6420/2021, 3598/2021, 4732/2022, 4968/2022, 5133/2022,
5146/2022, 5223/2022, 5248/2022, 5268/2022, 5280/2022, 5288/2022,
5294/2022 & 323/2016 and for Applicant in Revision Nos. 334/2017,
213/2019, 63/2021, 91/2021, 101/2021, 106/2021, 107/2021, 108/2021,
246/2021, 247/2021, 248/2021, 255/2021, 291/2021,
Mr. Shreeram Shirsat a/w. Mr. Nikhil Daga, Mr. Nishad Mokashi, Ms. Karishma
Rajesh & Mr. Shekhar Mone for Respondent-C.B.I. in WP Nos. 3575/2022 and
for Applicant in APL Nos. 05/2020.
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Mr. D.P. Singh a/w Mr. Kuldeep Patil, Mr. Ashish Srivastava for Respondent
C.B.I. in Revision Nos. 625/2018.
Ms. Savita Ghanwat, PI/IO & Mr. Patil, Dy.S.P., State C.I.D., Pune.
Smt. Anamika Malhotra, Addl. PP for the State in WP Nos. 457/2020,
1999/2023, 4968/2022, 5288/2022 and for Applicant in Revision Nos.
332/2016, 625/2018, 474/2019, 101/2021 & 248/2021,
Ms. Madhavi H. Mhatre, A.P.P. for Respondent-State in WP Nos. 421/2020,
3872/2023, 5133/2022, 5294/2022 & 350/2016 and for Applicant in
Revision Nos. 639/2018, 533/2019, 106/2021 & 255/2021,
Mr. Vinod Chate, A.P.P. for Respondent-State in WP Nos. 877/2020, 1084/2024
& 5146/2022, for Applicant in APL Nos. 05/2020 and for Applicant in
Revision Nos. 351/2016, 693/2018, 576/2019, 107/2021 & 291/2021.
Mr. Anand S. Shalgaonkar, A.P.P. for Respondent-State in WP Nos. 2956/2022,
1001/2020, 3750/2019, 5223/2022, & Revision Nos. 259/2014, 352/2016,
19/2019, 580/2019 & 108/2021 and Appeal No. 05/2020.
Mr. Ashish I. Satpute, APP for Respondent-State in WP Nos. 6420/2021,
3794/2019 & 5248/2022 and for Applicant in Revision Nos. 574/2015,
668/2016, 213/2019, 605/2019 & 231/2021.
Mr. Vishwajit N. Sagare, A.P.P. for Respondent-State in WP Nos. 3598/2021 &
5268/2022 and for Applicant in Revision Nos. 587/2015, 334/2017,
342/2019, 63/2021 & 246/2021.
Mr. Sukanta Karmakar, A.P.P. for Respondent-State in WP Nos. 3575/2022,
4732/2022 & 5280/2022 and for Applicant in Revision Nos.323/2016,
457/2018, (St.) 350/2019, 91/2021 & 247/2021.
Mr. Devang Vays, A.S.G. a/w Mr. S.K. Halwasia, Additional Public Prosecutor,
Mr. Keshav Thakur & Ms. Dipsikha Deka for Respondent-UoI in all matters.
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CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND
DR. NEELA GOKHALE, JJ.
DATE : 12th August 2024.
P. C. :-
1) Mr. Niteen Pradhan, learned counsel tendered across the bar
written submissions. The same is taken on record.
2) Mr. R.M. Tiwari, learned Advocate had tendered across the bar
'Points in Issue' on 9th August 2024. Today, he tendered across the bar a
compilation of Judgments. The same is taken on record.
3) At the request of learned counsel for the Union of India, stand
over to 4th September 2024 at 2.30 p.m..
4) Ad-interim relief, if any granted earlier, to continue until further
Orders.
( DR. NEELA GOKHALE, J. ) ( A.S. GADKARI, J. )
RAJESH RAJESH VASANT
VASANT CHITTEWAN
CHITTEWAN Date: 2024.08.22
17:35:40 +0530
