KAFEEL AHMED MOHD. AYUB vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

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KSG APEAL-612-2022-.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 612 OF 2022 Kafeel Ahmed Mohd Ayub Age :-62 years, Occupation : Nil Mohalla Shivdhara, Darbhanga, Bihar (Presently in Judicial Custody, Lodged at Mumbai Central Prison) … Appellant V/s. The State of Maharashtra (Through : ATS Vide their C.R. No.28 of 2011 (Opera House) C.R No.29 of 2011 (Zaveri Bazar) And C.R. No.30 of 2011 (Kabutarkhana Dadar West) Bomb Blast Cases) … Respondent _______________________________________ Mr. Mubin Solkar a/w Mr. Tahir Hussain, Mr. Anas Shaikh, Ms.Tahera Qureshi, Adv. Hemal Shah for Appellant. Mr. Vaibhav Bagade, Special PP a/w Mr. Ajay S. Patil, A.P.P. for Respondent State. Mr. Prashant Mohite, P.I. a/w Mr. S. Lad, H.C. attached to ATS. _______________________________________ CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND RANJITSINHA RAJA BHONSALE, JJ. DATE OF RESERVE : 25th SEPTEMBER, 2025 DATE OF PRONOUNCE : 4th NOVEMBER, 2025 1/9 KSG APEAL-612-2022-.doc JUDGMENT : (Per :- A.S. Gadkari, J.) 1) This is an Appeal under Section 21(4) of the National Investigation Agency Act (for short NIA Act), by the original accused No.5, impugning Order dated 5th February, 2022, passed below Exh.733 in MCOC Special Case Nos.11 of 2012 alongwith 14 of 2012, 5 of 2014, 5 of 2015, 15 of 2015 and 20 of 2016 arising out of CR No.28 of 2011 (Opera House), CR No.29 of 2011 (Zaveri Bazar) and CR No.30 of 2011 (Kabutarkhana Dadar West), (Bomb Blast Cases), Mumbai, by the learned Additional Sessions Judge & Special Judge Under MCOC/NIA/POTA Act, Greater Mumbai, rejecting his Application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Cr.P.C.). 2) Heard Mr.Solkar, learned counsel for the Appellant and Mr.Bagade, learned Special P.P. for the Respondent-Sta