Hajimalang @ Haji @ Petrol Mohammad Ajij Mohammad Ali Mujawar v. State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
Regular bail granted on ground of prosecution's failure to honour its three-month undertaking to examine witnesses, recorded by the Court on 04.02.2025; long incarceration of about eight years as undertrial; accused allegedly murdered a divorcee who refused to marry him; offences under Ss. 302 and 201 IPC and Ss. 4 & 27 Arms Act; Crime No. 394 of 2016, Panvel City Police Station, Navi Mumbai; release on P.R. bond of Rs.25,000/- with one or two sureties in like amount; condition of monthly police-station attendance (first Saturday, 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.) till trial concludes and cooperation in expeditious trial disposal; Bombay High Court; Justice N. R. Borkar; order corrected per speaking to minutes dated 17.06.2025.
What did the court decide?
Applicant directed to be released on bail in connection with Crime No. 394 of 2016 on executing a P.R. Bond of Rs.25,000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount; to attend the concerned Police Station once a month on the first Saturday between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. till conclusion of trial; and to cooperate in expeditious disposal of the trial.