Zubaida Munir Shaikh v. The State Of Maharashtra And ORS

65 wp 4135.17.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 4135 OF 2017 Zubaida Munir Shaikh ..Petitioner

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The State of Maharashtra and anr.

..Respondents Mr. Syed Ejaz Abbas Naqvi, advocate for the petitioner. Mr. F. R. Shaikh, APP for the State.

CORAM : RANJIT MORE & DR. SHALINI PHANSALKARJOSHI, J J.

DATE : 14th NOVEMBER, 2017.

P. C. :

Mr. Shaikh, learned APP, on instructions, makes a statement that though the accused was earlier granted bail, during investigation Section 376 was added in the subject FIR and, therefore, in view of the subsequent development, prosecution would file an application for cancellation of bail. The statement is accepted. In view of the statement, the grievance of the petitioner raised in the petition, no more survives. The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed off. 2.

Learned counsel for the petitioner, at this stage, submitted the the petitioner needs police protection. In this regard, the petitioner is at liberty to apply before the competent authority and, in the event, such an application is preferred by the petitioner, the same shall be decided expeditiously and independently on its own merits. [DR. SHALINI PHANSALKAR-JOSHI, J.] [RANJIT MORE, J.] Shubhada S Kadam 1/1