Shrihari Bhimrao Halnor vs The State Of Maharashtra on 20 April, 2026

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Shrihari Bhimrao Halnor vs The State Of Maharashtra on 20 April, 2026

                                         IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
                                        CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                                 CRIMINAL APPEAL NO(S).         OF 2026
                          (@ SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRL.) NO(S).4879 OF 2026)


         SHRIHARI BHIMRAO HALNOR                                                      APPELLANT


                                                          VERSUS

         THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA                                                    RESPONDENT

                                                      O R D E R

Leave granted.

This appeal challenges the judgment and order

SPONSORED

dated 16.12.2025 passed by the High Court of Judicature

at Bombay in Bail Application Nos. 5173 of 2024.

The appellant has been facing trial in connection

with a crime registered pursuant to FIR No. 306 of 2024

dated 19.05.2024 lodged with Police Station Yerwada,

District Pune City in respect of offences punishable

under Sections 304, 279, 337, 338, 427, 120-B, 201,

213, 214, 466, 467, 468, 471, 109 read with Section 34

of the Indian Penal Code (in short, “IPC“) and Sections

7, 7-A, 8, 12, 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act,

1988 (in short, “PC Act”) and Sections 184, 185,
Signature Not Verified

Digitally signed by
BORRA LM VALLI
199/177, 3(1)/180, 5(1)/181, and 199(a) of the Motor
Date: 2026.04.20
18:15:58 IST
Reason:
Vehicles Act, 1988 (in short, “MV Act“).

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The application seeking regular bail having been

rejected by the High Court vide impugned order dated

16.12.2025, the appellant has preferred the instant

appeal.

By order dated 25.03.2026, this Court had issued

notice in the instant matter.

Heard learned senior counsel for the appellant in

support of the appeal and learned counsel for the

respondent-State and perused the material on record.

During the course of submissions, our attention

was drawn to the order dated 27.02.2026 passed by this

Court in Crl.A.No.1177 of 2026 titled as “Dr.Ajay

Aniruddha Taware versus State of Maharashtra”.

Learned senior counsel for the appellant

submitted that the said order may be followed in this

case also as in the appeal filed by Dr. Ajay Aniruddha

Taware, this Court granted the relief of regular bail

subject to certain terms and conditions. The appellant

herein is also a Doctor in the same hospital and he has

been in the jail since one year, eleven months and

twenty three days. Hence, the impugned order may be set

aside and relief may be granted to the appellant herein

subject to the terms and conditions to be imposed.

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However, learned standing counsel for the

respondent-State with reference to the counter

affidavit contended that the appellant herein cannot be

granted any relief as he was present in the hospital on

the relevant date and was also involved in the

manipulation of the blood samples. Hence, the appeal

may be dismissed.

Considering the facts on record, in our view, the

case for regular bail is made out.

We, therefore, allow this appeal and direct as

under:

“The appellant shall be produced before the

concerned trial Court as early as possible and the

trial Court shall release him on bail, subject to

such conditions as it may deem appropriate to

impose to ensure his presence in the proceedings

arising out of FIR No.306 of 2024 mentioned above.”

It is directed that the appellant shall extend

complete cooperation in the trial of the instant case.

The appellant shall not misuse his liberty in any

manner.

Any infraction of the conditions may entail

cancellation of bail granted to the appellant.

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With these observations, the appeal is allowed.

………………………………………………………, J
(B.V. NAGARATHNA)

………………………………………………………, J
(UJJAL BHUYAN)
NEW DELHI
APRIL 20, 2026

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ITEM NO.18 COURT NO.4 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).
4879/2026

[ARISING OUT OF IMPUGNED FINAL JUDGMENT AND ORDER DATED 16-12-
2025 IN BA NO. 5173/2024 PASSED BY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE
AT BOMBAY]

SHRIHARI BHIMRAO HALNOR PETITIONER(S)

VERSUS

THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA RESPONDENT(S)

IA NO. 83643/2026 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENT
IA NO. 83648/2026 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.
IA NO. 83653/2026 – PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL
DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES

Date : 20-04-2026 This matter was called on for hearing today.

CORAM : HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE B.V. NAGARATHNA
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE UJJAL BHUYAN

For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Siddharth Dave, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Lzafeer Ahmad B. F., AOR
Mr. Sidharth Kaushik, Adv.

Mr. Sachin Dubey, Adv.

Mr. Shubham Arun, Adv.

Mr. Gagandeep Singh, Adv.

Mr. Himanshu Tyagi, Adv.

Mr. Ritesh Kumar Singh, Adv.

For Respondent(s) : Mr. Bharat Bagla, 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

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Leave granted.

Appeal is allowed in terms of the signed order,

which is placed on file.

Pending application(s), if any, shall stand

disposed of.

(B. LAKSHMI MANIKYA VALLI) (DIVYA BABBAR)
COURT MASTER (SH) COURT MASTER (NSH)

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