Rajiv Panditrao Mhaskar vs State Thr. Chavani Police Stn Malegaon — 121/2026

Summary: In Criminal Bail Application No. 121 of 2026 (Rajiv Panditrao Mhaskar vs. State of Maharashtra), the Additional Sessions Judge, Malegaon allowed the complainant Shekhar Ashok Patil's application to intervene in the anticipatory bail proceedings. The court held that despite the complainant not being a statutory "victim" under Section 2(1)(y) of B.N.S.S. 2023, complainants have a fundamental right to make oral submissions in bail applications as established in precedent law (Vinay Potdar case). The court permitted the complainant to state his version during the bail hearing arguments. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.