Mehul Jain v. The State Of Maharashtra And ORS

dtg 11-Wp-6462-2025.doc

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 6462 OF 2025 Mehul Jain ... Petitioner V/s.

The State of Maharashtra & Ors.

... Respondents _______________________________________ Mr. Rajiv Chavan, senior Advocate a/w Mr. Prashant Trivedi, Mr. Aditya Sharma, Ms. Khushboo Jain, Ms. Priya Maurya, Ms. Asmi Desai i/b Sudha Dwivedi & Associates for Petitioner.

Smt. Mankuwar M. Deshmukh, Act.P.P for Respondent-State. Mr. Dnyaneshwar Wagh, ACP, Girgaon Division, Mumbai, present. Mr. Vikas Raut, API, V.P. Road Police Station, present. _______________________________________ CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND RANJITSINHA RAJA BHONSALE, JJ.

DATE : 17th December 2025 P.C. :

1) In pursuance of Order dated 8th December 2025, Shri Satya Narayan, Joint Commissioner of Police (Law & Order), Mumbai, has filed his detailed Affidavit dated 12th December 2025. It is stated therein that, in view of the observations made by this Court in its Order dated 8th December 2025, necessary remedial measures have been adopted. A Circular dated 11th December 2025 is accordingly issued by the Commissioner of Police, Mumbai, directing all the concerned Officers to mentioned the Preliminary Enquiry Numbers, in its communications from the date of the receipt of the 1/2

dtg 11-Wp-6462-2025.doc said Circular.

2) Learned APP on instructions from Mr. Wagh, ACP, Girgaon Division, Mumbai, submitted that, as far as the grievance of the Petitioner is concerned, crime bearing No. 1770 of 2025, dated 16th December 2025, has been registered with V.P. Road Police Station, Mumbai, under Section 331(4) of the BNS.

2.1) In view of the above, the grievance of the Petitioner does not survive.

3) Petition is accordingly allowed in the aforesaid terms. (RANJITSINHA RAJA BHONSALE, J. ) ( A.S. GADKARI, J. ) 2/2