AMIT JAYANTILAL MEHTA vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR

ABA 160 of 2025.doc Ajay IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 160 OF 2025 Tejas Lalit Soni .. Applicant Versus State of Maharashtra & Anr. .. Respondents WITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 437 OF 2025 IN ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 160 OF 2025 Amit Jayantilal Mehta .. Applicant Versus State of Maharashtra & Anr. .. Respondents ....................  Mr. Saurabh Ghag a/w Ms. Dakshata Sawant & Ms. Nikita Chavan, Advocate for Applicant.  Ms. Shilpa K. Gajare-Dhumal, APP for Respondent No.1 – State.  Mr. Prashant Malik a/w Mr. Harishkumar S. Zende & Ms. Gauri R. Parab for Respondent No.2. ................... CORAM : MILIND N. JADHAV, J. DATE : JUNE 9, 2025 JUDGEMENT: 1. Heard Mr. Ghag, learned Advocate for Applicant; Ms. Gajare- Dhumal, learned APP for Respondent No.1 - State and Mr. Malik, learned Advocate for Respondent No.2 / Intervener - First Informant. 2. This Anticipatory Bail Application is filed under Section 438 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. Applicant apprehends arrest since he is named in FIR bearing No. 1448 of 2024 dated 21.12.2024 registered with Amboli Police Station for offences punishable u