ABU SALEM ABDUL QAYOOM ANSARI vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR

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pmk 213-WP-1586-2025-F.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.1586 OF 2025 Abu Salem Abdul Qayoom Ansari. ] C-13729 ] Age: 49 Years. Occu : Nil. ] R/o Mohalla Pathantola, ] Kasba Saraimir, Dist: Azamgarh, ] State : Uttar Pradesh. ] Presently confined in Nashik Road ] Central Prison. ] … Petitioner V/s. 1. The State of Maharashtra. ] 2. The Supt. of Prison, ] Nashik Road Central Prison, Nashik. ] 3. The Supt. of Prison, ] Taloja Central Prison, Navi Mumbai. ] 4. The Union of India, ] Law & Justice Dept., Aaybar Bhavan, ] Marine Lines, Mumbai. ] 5. The DIGP, CBI, STB, ] 5th Floor, CBI Bldg., Near MTNL ] ‘G’ Block, BKC, Mumbai-400 051. ] … Respondents. Mr. Rishi Malhotra, Senior Advocate a/w Ms. Farhana Sahah, Mr. Shivaansh Maini, Ms. Darshana Gurjar, Mr. Yatish Desale, Ms. Ansuiya for the Petitioner. Ms. M. M. Deshmukh, Acting PP for the Respondent-State. Mr. Kuldeep Patil a/w Ms. Saili Dhuru, Mr. Anay Joshi, Mr. Digviajy Kachare, Mr. Sumitkumar Nimbalkar, Ms. Sanika Joshi for Respondent–CBI. Mr. Anil C. Singh, ASG a/w Mr. Aditya Thakkar, Mr. D.P. Singh, Mr. Ayush Kedia, Mr. Krishnakant Deshmukh for Respondent No.4-UOI. 1/12 pmk 213-WP-1586-2025-F.doc CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND KAMAL KHATA, JJ. RESERVED ON : 26th March, 2026. PRONOUNCED ON : 15th April, 2026. JUDGMENT (PER : KAMAL KHATA, J.) : 1) By the present Writ Petition, the Petitioner seeks issuance of a Writ of Habeas Corpus and/or Writ of Mandamus directing his release from custody on the ground that, he has completed the maximum sentence of 25 years, computed by taking into account his undertrial detention, post- conviction incarceration and earned jail remissions. 2) The Petitioner was extradited from Portugal and brought to India in November, 2005. He was a