Akram Ibrahim Qureshi v. State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
Akram Ibrahim Qureshi v. State of Maharashtra; Bombay High Court, Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction; Bail Application No.4107 of 2024; decided 16 September 2025 by Dr. Neela Gokhale, J. Counsel: Ashley Cusher (legal-aid, for Applicant); Megha S. Bajoria (APP for State). Key matters: withdrawal of bail application with liberty; charges framed and trial commenced; 20 prosecution witnesses; direction to expedite and conclude trial within 8 months; complaint of no hearings for 14 days; Shivaji Nagar Police Station (PSI Mahesh Anjanwad); Applicant's 15-year-old daughter in shelter home at Mankhurd; mother pre-deceased; Child Welfare Committee (CWC) Mankhurd; monthly visit by daughter to Mumbai Central Prison (Arthur Road Jail) upon application, subject to daughter's inclination. Disposed of as withdrawn; no bail granted; no costs or monetary reliefs.
What did the court decide?
Bail Application disposed of as withdrawn with liberty as prayed; trial Court directed to expedite and conclude the trial within 8 months; CWC, Mankhurd requested to permit monthly visits by the Applicant's daughter to Mumbai Central Prison (Arthur Road Jail) upon the Applicant's application, subject to ascertaining the daughter's own inclination.