Mohd Aftab Ashfaq Shaikh @ Mohammed Aftab Ashpak Shaik v. State of Maharashtra and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Bail Application No. 3756 of 2025; High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction; Coram: Dr. Neela Gokhale, J.; decided 1st October 2025. Applicant: Mohd Aftab Ashfaq Shaikh @ Mohammed Aftab Ashpak Shaik (counsel: M. A. Khan); Respondents: State of Maharashtra & Anr. (APP: Anamika Malhotra). Interim directions: notice to Respondent No.2 returnable in 2 weeks; service of bail application with annexures via Registry and Investigating Officer; IO (with PSI Sanjay S. Ghag, Pairavi Adhikari, Malawani Police Station, present) to ascertain Respondent No.2's need for Legal Aid Centre representation; Ms. Keral Mehta (Legal Aid Services panel) conditionally appointed for Respondent No.2. Matter stood over to 3rd November 2025. Purely procedural; no statutes, precedents, or amounts; bail question undecided.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief decided; interim procedural directions only - notice to Respondent No.2 returnable within 2 weeks, service of the application with annexures, ascertainment of Respondent No.2's need for legal aid with conditional appointment of Ms. Keral Mehta - and the matter stood over to 3rd November 2025.