Mohammed Usman Mohammed Ahamed Khan v. State Of Maharashtra

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO.1797 OF 2025 Mohammed Usman Mohammed Ahamed Khan ... Applicant V/s.

The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent ----- Mr. Naushad Ahmed for the Applicant.

Ms. R. D. Humane, APP for the Respondent-State. API Thakre, Dharavi Police Station is present. ----- CORAM :

N.R. BORKAR, J.

DATE :

29TH SEPTEMBER 2025 P.C. :

MUGDHA MANOJ PARANJAPE MUGDHA MANOJ PARANJAPE Date: 2025.10.15 19:21:45 +0530 1.

This is an Application for anticipatory bail. 2.

The Applicant is apprehending his arrest in Crime No.304 of 2025 registered with Dharavi Police Station for the offences punishable under Sections 143, 318(4), 3(5) and 61 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 3.

I have heard Learned Counsel for the Applicant and Learned APP for the Respondent-State.

4.

It is the case of the prosecution that the Applicant along with the other co-accused promised to secure a well paying job in Bangkok for the first informant. For the said purpose, a sum of Rs.2,00,000/- was demanded from the first informant. Subsequently, it was revealed that the first informant had fallen prey to human trafficking and coerced to participate in cryptocurrency scam operations. Mugdha

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Learned Counsel for the Applicant submits that the notice under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 was issued to the present Applicant. It is submitted that pursuant to the said notice, the Applicant had attended the concerned Police Station and co-operated with the investigation. It is submitted that the Applicant has even deposited his passport.

6.

Learned APP for the Respondent-State, on instructions, submitted that the investigation is over.

7.

I have perused the FIR. The main allegations are against the coaccused. There are no criminal antecedents against the Applicant. Considering the overall facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to release the Applicant on anticipatory bail. Hence, the following order:

ORDER

i.

The Anticipatory Bail Application is allowed. ii.

In the event of the arrest of the Applicant in Crime No.304 of 2025 registered with Dharavi Police Station for the offences punishable under Sections 143, 318(4), 3(5) and 61 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, he shall be released on bail on furnishing a PR Bond in the sum of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand Only) with one or two sureties in the like amount.

8.

The present Anticipatory Bail Application is disposed of in the aforesaid terms.

(N.R. BORKAR, J.) Mugdha