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Afzal Haji Khan @ Afzal Pani v. State of Maharashtra and Anr.

Bombay HC24 Jul 2025WP/812/2025

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What is this about?

Speaking to the Minutes; praecipe disposed; correction of typographical error in case number; C.C. No. 151/EW/2015 corrected to C.C. No. 151/PW/2015; Order dated 25th July 2025 corrected; expeditious trial direction; Judicial Magistrate First Class 12th Court Bandra Mumbai; conclude trial on or before 31st December 2025 without extension; crime dated 9th May 2011; Sections 3 and 25 Indian Arms Act; charge framed 1st July 2022; trial pending more than 10 years; corrected order to be uploaded on High Court website.

What did the court decide?

Correction of the case number in Order dated 25th July 2025 from 'C.C. No. 151/EW/2015' to 'C.C. No. 151/PW/2015'; corrected Order to be uploaded on the official website of the High Court of Bombay; praecipe dated 12th August 2025 disposed off. ¶24

Afzal Haji Khan @ Afzal Pani vs State of Maharashtra and Anr. — Bombay HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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Issue for consideration

Whether the case number 'C.C. No. 151/EW/2015', erroneously typed in para Nos. 1 and 2 of the Order dated 25th July 2025, should be corrected to 'C.C. No. 151/PW/2015' pursuant to the praecipe for 'Speaking to the Minutes'.

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Court's answer

'C.C. No. 151/EW/2015' was erroneously typed in para Nos. 1 and 2 of the Order dated 25th July 2025 in place of 'C.C. No. 151/PW/2015'; the correct case number is 'C.C. No. 151/PW/2015'.

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Ratio / Principle

After effecting the correction, para Nos. 1 and 2 of the Order dated 25th July 2025 read as recording that the crime is dated 9th May 2011 under Sections 3 and 25 of the Indian Arms Act, that cognizance was taken after filing of charge-sheet and the case numbered C.C. No.151/PW/2015, and that charge was framed on 1st July 2022.

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Key takeaways

As corrected, the Order dated 25th July 2025 directs the learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, 12th Court, Bandra, Mumbai, to expedite the hearing of C.C. No.151/PW/2015 and conclude it on or before 31st December 2025, without seeking extension.ratio¶22
Order dated 25th July 2025 is to be corrected accordingly and the corrected Order is to be uploaded on the official website of the High Court of Bombay.ratio¶23

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Bombay High Court (Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction), Coram A. S. Gadkari and Rajesh S. Patil, JJ., by order dated 13th August 2025 in Writ Petition No. 812 of 2025 (with Writ Petition No. 968 of 2025), disposed of a praecipe dated 12th August 2025 seeking 'Speaking to the Minutes' of the Court's Order dated 25th July 2025. The Court held that 'C.C. No. 151/EW/2015' had been erroneously typed in para Nos. 1 and 2 of that Order in place of 'C.C. No. 151/PW/2015', and directed that the Order be corrected accordingly and the corrected Order uploaded on the official website of the High Court of Bombay. As corrected, the Order records that the crime dated 9th May 2011 under Sections 3 and 25 of the Indian Arms Act was numbered C.C. No.151/PW/2015 upon cognizance after charge-sheet, that charge was framed on 1st July 2022, and directs the learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, 12th Court, Bandra, Mumbai, to expedite the hearing of C.C. No.151/PW/2015 and conclude it on or before 31st December 2025 without seeking extension.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

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CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

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WRIT PETITION NO. 812 OF 2025

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Afzal Haji Khan @ Afzal Pani & Anr. … Petitioners

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V/s.

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The State of Maharashtra & Anr. … Respondents

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WITH

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WRIT PETITION NO. 968 OF 2025

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Riyaz Daud Kashimiri … Petitioner

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V/s.

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The State of Maharashtra & Anr. … Respondents

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Mr. Tejammul Khan i/b Mukesh K. Badsiwal for Petitioners. Mr. Ajay S. Patil, A.P.P. for Respondent-State.

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CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND RAJESH S. PATIL, JJ. DATE : 13^th August 2025.

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P.C. :

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Praecipe dated 12^th August 2025 is circulated by the learned Advocate for the Petitioners for ‘Speaking to the Minutes’ of Order dated 25^th July 2025.

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In para Nos. 1 and 2, the ‘C.C. No. 151/EW/2015’ has been erroneously typed in stead of ‘C.C. No. 151/PW/2015’. The correct number is ‘C.C. No. 151/PW/2015’.

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After effecting the said correction, para Nos. 1 and 2 of Order dated 25^th July 2025, would read as under :

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“1) The crime in question is dated 9th May 2011, under Sections 3 and 25 of the Indian Arms Act. The record indicates that, after filing of charge-sheet, the trial Court has taken cognizance of the case and the said case is numbered as C.C. No.151/PW/2015. In the present case, charge is framed on 1st July 2022.

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1. In view of the fact that, for last more than 10 years, the trial is pending on the file of the trial Court, we direct the learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, 12th Court, Bandra, Mumbai, to expedite the hearing of C.C. No.151/PW/2015 and conclude it on or before 31st December 2025, without seeking extension in that behalf.”

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1. Order dated 25^th July 2025 be corrected accordingly and corrected Order be uploaded on the official website of the High Court of Bombay.

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1. Praecipe dated 12^th August 2025 is accordingly disposed off.

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( RAJESH S. PATIL, J. ) ( A.S. GADKARI, J. )

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