Aasif Rafik Shaikh @ Aasif Momin v. the State of Maharashtra and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Regular bail; withdrawal of bail application with liberty; Section 483 BNSS 2023; Sections 376, 354(B), 341, 506 IPC; Sections 4, 8, 12 POCSO Act 2012; Crime No. 144 of 2021, Khadak Police Station, Pune City; prior order in Criminal Bail Application No. 117 of 2023; liberty to file fresh bail application before Trial Court; long incarceration ground; time-bound disposal of bail application within 4 weeks of first hearing; Aasif Rafik Shaikh @ Aasif Momin v. State of Maharashtra; Bombay High Court; Ashwin D. Bhobe, J.; 4 July 2025.
What did the court decide?
Application dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to file a fresh Bail Application before the learned Trial Court; such application to be considered on its own merits and in accordance with law; Trial Court directed to dispose of the proposed application, if filed within 10 days, as expeditiously as possible and at any rate within 4 weeks from the first date of hearing.