Case brief
What is this about?
Fiddiyan Munaf Shaikh bail; Bail Application No.5463 of 2024; High Court of Judicature at Bombay; Dr. Neela Gokhale J.; 23 September 2025; NDPS Act 1985 Sections 8(c) 22(c) 29; Section 37(1)(d)(ii) statutory embargo; Article 21 Constitution of India; prolonged incarceration; 18 months custody; no antecedents; Mephedrone MD 25 grams recovered at behest of applicant; Panchanama 31.03.2024; conspiracy Section 29; charge-sheet gist; Sakinaka Police Station C.R. 216/2024; five accused; Accused No.4; PR bond Rs.50,000; bail allowed with conditions.
What did the court decide?
Enlargement of the Applicant on bail on executing a PR bond of Rs.50,000/- with one or two local sureties in the like amount, subject to conditions: (i) attendance before the concerned Trial Court on each and every date unless exempted; (ii) monthly reporting at Sakinaka Police Station between 11:00 a.m. and 02:00 p.m.; (iii) deposit of passport with the concerned Police Station; (iv) no departure from India without permission of the Trial Court; (v) no tampering with or attempt to influence or contact the complainant, witnesses or persons concerned with the case; (vi) intimation of latest place of residence and mobile contact number to the Court seized of the matter and the Investigating Officer upon release and upon any change; (vii) co-operation with the conduct of the trial; any infraction shall entail cancellation of bail.