Saddam Husain Mohammed Rahim Shaikh And ANR v. State Of Maharashtra

12 BA 4915 of 2025.doc

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION NO. 4915 OF 2025 Saddam Husain Mohammed Rahim Shaikh & Anr ...Applicants

Versus

State Of Maharashtra

...Respondent

**** Mr. Ashif Husain a/w. Mr. Huzer Qureshi for the Applicants. Mr. Rishikesh M. Pethe, APP for State.

**** CORAM :

R.M. JOSHI, J.

DATE :

5th March, 2026 P.C. :

1.

Heard learned Counsel for the Applicants submits that the Applicants are arrested on 12th August 2025 and after filing of charge sheet against him, further custody is not required. It is his further submission that except for the allegation of alleged receipt of Rs.4 Lakhs by the Applicant No. 1 into his account at the instance of Applicant No.2, there is no other allegation against them of having received any money or being party to the crime in any other manner. 2.

On instructions, he makes statement that the Applicants would deposit a sum of Rs.4 Lakhs before the Trial Court within a period of one week from today.

Mandar M.

12 BA 4915 of 2025.doc 3.

Learned APP opposes the grant of bail contending that it is evidence in order to connect present Applicants with the crime in question. It is his submission that the evidence on record clearly shows involvement of number of accused persons in the crime in question. According to him, the amount in question was initially deposited into two accounts which was subsequently transferred to 34 Accounts in order to ensure that there is no money trail of the yields of the crime. 4.

There is no dispute about the fact that the charge sheet has been filed against the Applicants. Indeed the co-accused is absconding, would not itself become a ground to reject their Application. More particularly, in view of the voluntary statement made by the learned Counsel for the Applicants, to deposit Rs. 4 Lakhs before the Trial Court within a period of a week, this Court finds no reason to refuse the request.

5.

In order to ensure that the amount is deposited before passing any final order, learned Counsel for the Applicants, on instructions, makes statement that the appropriate receipt towards deposit of the said amount to the Trial Court would be placed before this Court on 12th March 2026. It is only after the deposit of the said amount, further order shall be passed.

(R.M. JOSHI, J.) Mandar M.