Eknath Bhalchandra Patil vs The State Of Maharashtra on 16 June, 2023
5. Per contra, learned APP submitted that the applicant is in the
business of supplying prohibited substances. It is necessary to
unearth traces of larger supply of banned substances. He
submitted that the coordinate Benches of this Court in case of
Sagar Sadashiv Kore v. State of Maharashtra, reported in
2021 SCC OnLine Bom 6568 and in Ankush v. State, thr PSO,
reported in 2020 SCC OnLine Bom 11384 and unreported
judgment of this Court in Anticipatory Bail Application No.483 of
2021 (Mohammed Ali Raheman Alias MohammedAli Abdul
Raheman Shaikh v. The State of Maharashtra) decided on 24
March 2021 refused to grant pre-arrest protection to the applicants
therein having similar role attributed to the applicants therein.