Mehmood Ahmed Khan and Ors. v. State of Maharashtra and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court criminal applications 1680 and 1698 of 2024; applicants Mehmood Ahmed Khan & Ors. and Anees Mehmood Khan; respondents State of Maharashtra & Anr.; bench A. S. Gadkari and Ranjitsinha Raja Bhonsale JJ.; order dated 4 September 2025; leave granted to amend to annex charge-sheet copy and challenge it in pleadings and prayer clauses; amendment within two weeks; notice to Respondent No.2 returnable 13 November 2025; amended spare copies within one week else applications stand dismissed without further reference; advocates Shailesh Kharat (with Tanmay Kate instructing), Vinod Chate APP, Prajakta P. Shinde APP.
What did the court decide?
Interim orders passed: leave to amend granted (to annex copy of charge-sheet and incorporate its challenge in the pleadings and prayer clauses); amendment to be carried out within two weeks; thereafter notice to Respondent No.2 returnable on 13 November 2025; duly amended spare copies to be supplied to the Registry within one week of effecting amendment, failing which the Applications shall stand dismissed without further reference to the Court. Final decision deferred.