Nikita IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION BAIL APPLICATION NO.1738 OF 2023 Ajay Rajaram Hinge … Applicant V/s.

The State of Maharashtra … Respondent Mr. Manoj Mohite, Sr. Advocate a/w Sachin Arude a/w Ms. Priyanka Chavan a/w Shailesh D. Chavan for the Applicant.

Mrs. Veera Shinde, APP for the State/Respondent.

CORAM :AMIT BORKAR, J.

DATED :JULY 28, 2023 ORAL ORDER:

1. This is an application for bail under section 439 of the code of criminal procedure that has come before me after an earlier bail application was rejected by a co-ordinate judge of this Court (Coram: Bharti Dangre, J.).

2. A principle of law has become settled by a series of decisions of the Apex Court and this Court that a subsequent bail application should invariably be placed before the same learned Judge of the High Court, if available, who has heard and disposed of the earlier application. [See. Shahzad Hasan Khan Vs. Ishtiaq Hasan Khan & Anr., reported in (1987) 2 SCC 684; State of Maharashtra Vs. Captain Buddhikota Subha Rao reported in 1989 Supp (2) SCC 605; Harjeet Singh @ Seeta Vs. State of Punjab & Anr. reported in (2002) 1 SCC 649; M. Jagan Mohan Rao Vs. P.V. Mohan Rao and