SHABBIR ABUBAKAR SHAIKH @ MALBARI @ SHABBIR TAKLA @ HUMNAAM @ SHAHID @ SHAKIL vs THE NATIONAL INVESTIGATING AGENCY AND ANR

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pmk cri-apeal-820-2025-F.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.820 OF 2025 Shabbir Abubakar Shaikh @ Malbari @ ] Shabbir Takla @ Humnaam @ Shahid @ ] Shakil s/o Late Abubakar Moinuddin Shaikh ] Age: 53, Occ: Business, ] R/at: 402, A Wing, Asmita Orient, ] Opp- Asmita Club, Station Road, ] Mira Road (E), Mumbai – 401 107 ] (Presently lodged in Arthur Road Jail ] … Appellant V/s. 1. The National Investigating Agency, ] th 7 Floor, MTNL Telephone Exchange, ] Building, Cumballa Hill, Pedder Road, ] Mumbai – 400 026 ] … Respondent No.1 2. The State of Maharashtra ] … Respondent No.2 Mr. Sandeep Karnik a/w Mr. Darsh Gala, Mr. Vivek Upadhyay i/by Mr. Vishwajeet Nimbalkar for the Appellant. Mr. Anil C. Singh, The Additional Solicitor General of India a/w Mr. Chintan Shah, Special PP, Mr. Prasanna Bhangale, Mr. Krishnakant Deshmukh, Mr. Rajdatt Nagr for Respondent-U.O.I. Ms. Prajakta P. Shinde, APP for the Respondent-State. Mr. Sashikant Singh, PI, NIA Mumbai, Present. Ms. Shipra Singh, PI NIA Mumbai, Present. Mr. Pravin Ingawale, SP, NIA, Mumbai, Present. CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND KAMAL KHATA, JJ. RESERVED ON : 13th March, 2026. PRONOUNCED ON : 15th April, 2026. Digitally signed by SUMEDH NAMDEO 1/13 SUMEDH NAMDEO SONAWANE SONAWANE Date: 2026.05.08 18:43:07 +0530 pmk cri-apeal-820-2025-F.doc JUDGMENT (PER : KAMAL KHATA, J.) :- 1) By this Appeal, the Appellant seeks to quash and set aside the Order dated 5th December, 2024 passed by the Hon’ble Special (Spl) National Investigating Agency (NIA) Court in NIA Spl Case No.1409 of 2022. Consequently, the Appellant seeks his release on bail in NIA Spl Case No.1409 of 2022, on such terms and conditions that the Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper. Prosecution’s Case: 2) Betwe