Rajat Jhunjhunwala v. the State of Maharashtra and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Neutral citation 2025:BHC-AS:16381-DB. Criminal Writ Petition No. 991 of 2024, High Court of Judicature at Bombay (Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction), decided 7 April 2025 by Revati Mohite Dere & Dr. Neela Gokhale, JJ. Petitioner Rajat Jhunjhunwala (counsel: Vikram Sutari i/b Agastya Desai) sought a direction to file an appropriate report in MECR No. 1 of 2021 registered with Bandra Police Station, Mumbai, in a time-bound manner. Respondents-State represented by Addl. P.P. V. B. Konde Deshmukh; Investigating Officer Ajay K. Lingnurkar, PI, Bandra Police Station, present in Court. Petition disposed of on the State's statement that investigation will be completed within six weeks and an appropriate report submitted before the concerned Court; no merits decided, all contentions kept open. No statute or precedent was cited and no quantum awarded.
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed of on the Additional Public Prosecutor's statement that the police will complete the investigation in MECR No. 1 of 2021 within six weeks and submit an appropriate report before the concerned Court; the merits were not examined and all contentions of all parties were kept open.