Ibrahim S/O Mohd Abdul Aleem Shaikh through Salma W/O Mohd Abdul Aleem Shaikh v. the State of Maharashtra and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction; WRIT PETITION NO.1040 OF 2026 with INTERIM APPLICATION (ST) NO.5208 OF 2026; decided 10th April, 2026 by Sarang V. Kotwal and Sandesh D. Patil, JJ. Petition by next friend of detenue alleging she was kept in a police station without authority of law; disposed of without merits adjudication after the State (Smt. M. M. Deshmukh, Acting Chief PP) stated on instructions that the detenue would be permitted to leave the police station the same day, with liberty to take appropriate action in accordance with law. Keywords: detenue, police station, without authority of law, statement recorded and accepted, liberty to APP, not pressed, disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Detenue to be permitted to leave the police station today itself; liberty granted to the learned APP to take appropriate action in accordance with law.