Saddam Balekhan Sonikar v. the State of Maharashtra and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ Petition No. 4575 of 2024, Bombay High Court (criminal side), Saddam Balekhan Sonikar v. State of Maharashtra & Anr., order dated 23 June 2025 by Gadkari and Patil JJ.: leave to amend petition to challenge chargesheet; amendment within two weeks; notice to Respondent No.2 returnable 18 August 2025; conditional dismissal if spare copies of amended petition not filed in Registry within one week; matter adjourned to 18 August 2025; interlocutory order only, no merits, statutes or precedents.
What did the court decide?
Interim procedural reliefs only: leave to amend the petition (to annex copy of the chargesheet and incorporate its challenge), amendment within two weeks, notice to Respondent No.2 returnable on 18th August 2025, spare copies of the amended petition to the Registry within one week (failing which the petition shall stand dismissed without further reference), and the matter stood over to 18th August 2025. No merits determined at this stage.