Huzaif Abdul Aziz Shaikh v. the State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Criminal Appeal No. 616 of 2025 with Interim Application No. 1153 of 2025; appellant Huzaif Abdul Aziz Shaikh v. State of Maharashtra; decided 12 September 2025 by A. S. Gadkari and Ranjitsinha Raja Bhonsale, JJ.; counsel Mukesh Modi for appellant, A.P.P. Ajay S. Patil for State. Ground: non-furnishing of grounds of arrest and/or initial detention not raised in prior Section 439 Cr.P.C. bail application before trial court, raised for the first time in the appeal. Outcome: appeal disposed of as withdrawn with leave/liberty to file fresh Section 439 Cr.P.C. bail application before trial court; interim application disposed of as not surviving; merits expressly not examined. No cases cited; counsel's remark on entitlement to successive bail applications is an argument, not a holding.
What did the court decide?
Leave and liberty to withdraw the Appeal with liberty to file a fresh application for bail under Section 439 Cr.P.C. before the trial Court, raising all points; Interim Application No. 1153 of 2025 also disposed of as not surviving.