Vishal Prakash Kumbhar v. Dgp Maharashtra

905-4411-2025-Cri.WP=.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRI. WRIT PETITION NO. 4411 OF 2025 Digitally signed by UDAY SHIVAJI JAGTAP Date:

2026.03.25 19:15:57 +0530 Vishal Prakash Kumbhar ... Petitioner UDAY SHIVAJI JAGTAP

Versus

Director General & Ors.

... Respondents .............

Mr. R.B. Atharva for the Petitioner.

Dr. Uday Warunjikar a/w Ms. Neha G. Deshpande for the Intervenor Mr. A.S. Shalgaonkar, APP for the Respondent - State. .............

CORAM : MADHAV J. JAMDAR & PRAVIN S. PATIL, JJ.

DATE : 25th MARCH, 2026.

P. C. :

1.

By order dated 24th February 2026, a Division Bench of this Court has directed the Deputy Superintendent of Police / respondent No.2 to ensure production of DVR kept with respondent No.3 and CCTV footage and DVR of the relevant date of the Masjid, adjoining to the petitioner's house and the CCTV footage of the concerned police station before this Court.

Uday S. Jagtap 1 of

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Pursuant to the said order, DVR and CCTV footage has been given in the custody of the Registrar, Officer on Special Duty. Before proceeding to hear the Petitioner further, it is deemed necessary to afford an opportunity to the learned Advocates to view the DVR and CCTV footage.

3.

Accordingly, the Registrar (Officer on Special Duty) is directed to authorize a senior official from the Registry, in whose presence the said DVR and CCTV footage shall be made available for viewing by all the learned Advocates. The same be done within a period of two weeks from today.

4.

Stand over to 10th April 2026 at 2.30 p.m.

[PRAVIN S. PATIL, J. ] [MADHAV J. JAMDAR, J.] Uday S. Jagtap 2 of