CORAM : ASHWIN D. BHOBE, J.

DATE : 14^th AUGUST, 2025.

P.C. :

1. Heard Mr. Satyavrat Joshi, learned Advocate for the Applicant and Ms. Anamika Malhotra, learned APP for the State.

2. By the present Application, Applicant is seeking bail in Crime No. 352 of 2017 for the offences punishable under Sections 115 r/w 302, 511, 120(B), 212, 216, 219, 223, 224, 225, 120, 34 of the IPC r/w. Sections 3 , 5, 25, 27, 35 of the Arms Act, 1959 r/w Sections 3 (1)(ii), 3(2), 3(3), 3(4), 24 of the Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act, 1999 . Said crime is registered as MCOC Case No.7 of 2018 and is pending before the Court of the Special Judge under MCOC Act, Pune.

3. There are 18 Accused in the present crime. Applicant is Accused No.1.

4. Applicant was arrested on 29^th September, 2017 since then his in jail. Bail Application at Exhibit-253 in MCOC Case No.7 of 2018 filed by the Applicant was rejected by the Special Judge under MCOC Act, Pune by its order dated 10^th March, 2025.

5. Mr. Satyavrat Joshi, learned Advocate for the Applicant, submits that the Applicant is seeking bail on the sole ground of long incarceration of the Applicant. He submits that the Applicant is in jail for a period of almost