Bombay High Court calls it surprising that the 99 per cent partner in the Mundhwa land firm was left out of the FIR
9 October 2026
Justice Madhav Jamdar of the Bombay High Court heard Anticipatory Bail Application 8 of 2026, Suryakant Gulabrao Yewale versus State of Maharashtra, arising from a transaction in a 40-acre government-owned land parcel at Mundhwa in Pune.
The land was bought by Ameida Enterprises LLP, a name also reported as Amadea Enterprises LLP, in which Rajya Sabha MP Parth Pawar holds 99 per cent and Digvijay Patil holds 1 per cent.
The police named only Patil in the case, and the judge said it was surprising that the 99 per cent partner was not arraigned while the 1 per cent partner was.
The Court had earlier, on 7 September, asked the Director General of Police to explain in a personal affidavit why Pawar was not named.
The Court accepted the DGP's affidavit, in which he said he had directed the Pune Police to carry out a further investigation in a detailed and professional manner and would personally monitor it.
The Court granted anticipatory bail to Suryakant Yewale, a Pune Tehsildar, holding that he acted as a quasi-judicial authority.
It found no specific averment that he passed orders in anyone's favour under the Bombay Tenancy Act for illegal consideration.
In plain words
LLP Limited Liability Partnership — A partnership registered under the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008, in which partners' liability is limited.
Quasi-judicial authority An administrative authority exercising judicial functions — An officer who decides rights between parties following a procedure, like a Tehsildar under a tenancy law.