Shaibaz Shabbir Lokhande v. the State of Maharashtra and Ors.
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Bombay High Court, Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction; Writ Petition No. 2414 of 2026 (decided 15 June 2026, Madhav J. Jamdar, J.). Petitioner Shaibaz Shabbir Lokhande challenged, under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, his two-month externment from Raigad District ordered on 8 November 2024 by the SDM, Mangaon (Externment Case No. 11 of 2024) and upheld on 25 September 2025 by the Divisional Commissioner, Konkan Region (Externment Appeal No. 186 of 2024). Held: no live link between the only pending case (C.R. No. 13 of 2019, incident of 2014) and the externment; C.R. Nos. 108 and 110 of 2024 (Goregaon Police Station) were under investigation and lodged by close family members over personal disputes, so could not ground externment. Impugned orders quashed and set aside; petition disposed of. Keywords: externment, live link, Sub-Divisional Executive Magistrate Mangaon, Divisional Commissioner Konkan Region, Article 227, quashed.