Sayed Aslam Sayed Alam and Another v. the State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
Regular bail application dismissed; High Court of Bombay, Bench at Aurangabad, BA-34-2025, Abhay S. Waghwase, J.; crime no. 0598 of 2024, Nanded Rural Police Station; offences under Sections 103(1), 115(2), 3(5) Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Sections 4/25, 4/27 Arms Act; applicants Sayed Aslam @ Jaddo and Shaikh Amer accused of catching hold of deceased Salman enabling dagger blow by Akram; death due to injury to right femoral artery per postmortem column 17; eyewitnesses Mohammad Ajim and Sayyed Jibrail Sayyed Saleem, statements under Section 183 BNSS; informant-brother Sayyed Arbaj Sayyed Yunus; charge-sheet filed October 2024, case not committed; facilitation/common-role ground for refusing bail.
What did the court decide?
The postmortem report shows death was due to injury to the right femoral artery; the applicants caught hold of the deceased, and only on their facilitation was the assault carried out by the main accused (Akram) with a dagger.