Disposed¶¶13
Akshay Popat Bawake v. the State of Maharashtra and Others
Bombay HCWP/156/2025
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Chargesheet — extension of time by two weeks — Investigating Officer's earlier undertaking (27.03.2025) to file chargesheet by 15.04.2025 — chargesheet returned by higher authorities for correction — one month's time sought — Court deprecated the practice — warning of contempt action — Criminal Writ Petition No.156 of 2025 — Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench — order dated 15 April 2025 — Vibha Kankanwadi and Manjusha Deshpande, JJ.
What did the court decide?
Time to file the chargesheet extended by two weeks only; the Investigating Officer to be liable to action including contempt of Court if the chargesheet is not filed within that deadline. ¶¶13