Ajay IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION NO. 2418 OF 2024 Tariq Abdul Karim Merchant @ Tariq Praveen .. Applicant Versus The State of Maharashtra .. Respondent ....................

 Mr. Ravi Dwivedi a/w. Mr. Waqar Pathan, Mr. Sainath S. Baji, Mr.

Satish Shukla and Mr. Aditya Gole, Advocates for Applicant.

 Ms. Mahalakshmi Ganapathy, APP for Respondent – State.

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CORAM : MILIND N. JADHAV, J.

DATE : MAY 08, 2025 P. C . :

1. Heard Mr. Dwivedi, learned Advocate for Applicant and Ms. Ganapathy, learned APP for Respondent – State.

2. This is an Application under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking Regular Bail in connection with FIR No.39 of 2020 registered with DCB CID for offences punishable under Sections 386 and 387 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short ‘IPC’) alongwith Sections 3(1)(ii), 3(2) and 3(4) of the Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act, 1999 (for short ‘MCOCA’).

3. There are in all 3 accused in the present crime. Applicant is arraigned as Accused No.1. He is arrested on 09.02.2020 and incarcerated for the past 5 years 2 months 29 days pending tri