FAIZAL SALIM SHAIKH vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR

dtg /ksg J-WP-2901-2025.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 2901 OF 2025 Faizal Salim Shaikh ] Age : 29 years, Occ.: Business, ] R/at. Near Noorani Masjid, ] Yerwada, Pune – 411 001. ] … Petitioner V/s. 1. State of Maharashtra ] Through The Senior Inspector of Police, ] Koregaon Park Police Station, ] Koregaon Park, Pune. ] 2. ABC ] Age : 24 years, Occ: None, ] R/at : B/A/3, Siddhivinayak Vihar, ] Handewadi Road, Hadapsar, ] Pune – 411 028, ] Koregaon Park Police Station, ] Koregaon Park Pune. ] ...Respondents _______________________________________ Mr. Arjun Kadam for Petitioner. Mr. Ajay Patil, APP for Respondent No.1-State. Mr. Abhishek Roy for Respondent No.2. Mr. Yashpal M. Thakur, Appointed Advocate by Legal Aid for Respondent No.2. Ms. Shilpa Nimkar, API, Koregaon Park Police Station, Pune, present. _______________________________________ 1/13 dtg /ksg J-WP-2901-2025.doc CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND RAJESH S. PATIL, JJ. RESERVED ON : 30th June 2025 PRONOUNCED ON : 24th September 2025 JUDGMENT ( Per : A. S. Gadkari, J.) :- 1) Petitioner, accused in Final Report No. 55 of 2019, dated 19 th September 2019, pending on the