MIHIR RAJESH SHAH vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

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BA-3589-2025.docx Ajit Pathrikar IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION BAIL APPLICATION NO. 3589 OF 2025 Mihir Rajesh Shah …Applicant Versus State of Maharashtra …Respondent Mr. Ashok Mundargi, Senior Advocate, with Mr. Jay K. Bharadwaj, Harsh Ramchandani, Disha Bajaj and Swarali Joglekar, for the Applicant. Ms. M. M. Deshmukh, with Anuja Gotad, Ms. Anamika Malhotra, Poonam Bhosale, Megha Bajoria, Manisha Tidke, Yogesh Dabke, APPs. for the Respondent-State. Mr. Dilip Satale, with S Patel and Padma C., for the Intervenor/Complainant. Mr. Ashok Kamble, PI, with Sampat Chemate, API, with Atul Kumbhar, PSI, attached to Worli Police Station, present. CORAM DR. NEELA GOKHALE, J. RESERVED ON: 17TH NOVEMBER 2025 PRONOUNCED ON: 21ST NOVEMBER 2025 JUDGMENT:- 1. The Applicant seeks his release on bail in connection with C.R. No. 378 of 2024 dated 7 th July 2024 registered with the Worli Police Station, Mumbai for the offences punishable under Sections 134(A), 134(B), 184, 187 of the Motor Page 1 of 17 st 21 November 2025 BA-3589-2025.docx Vehicles Act, 1988 and Sections 105, 125(b), 238, 281 and 324(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 ('BNS’). 2. The First Informant is one Pradeep Nakhwa, husband of the deceased and the Intervenor in the present Application. The facts of the case, as discerned from the FIR, are as under :- 2.1 On 7th July 2024, Mihir Shah, the Applicant herein, was driving a white BMW car, at a high speed, which violently collided with the First Informant's scooter from behind. The First Informant was riding the scooter with his wife, Kaveri (‘Victim/Deceased’) as pillion, going towards Worli from Peddar Road. While the First Informant was riding his scooter cautiously on the left side of the road, the said BMW car hit the s