Mohammad Khalid Mukhtar Ahmed Shiakh v. The State Of Maharashtra

Ajit Pathrikar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 4849 OF 2025 IN BAIL APPLICATION NO. 2246 OF 2024 Mohammad Khalid Mukhtar Ahmed Shiakh ...Applicant

Versus

The State Of Maharashtra

...Respondent

Mr. Pandit Kasar i/b Sakshi Thombre, for the Applicant. Ms. Megha S. Bajoria, APP for the State-Respondent.

CORAM

DR. NEELA GOKHALE, J.

DATED:

05th JANUARY 2026 PC:- 1.

By way of this application, the Applicant seeks modification of condition (iii) of the order dated 7th February 2023 passed in Criminal Bail Application No. 2246 of 2024, wherein the Applicant is prohibited from entering the jurisdiction of Bhiwandi Taluka and jurisdiction of the Padgha Police Station till completion of the trial.

2.

Mr. Pandit Kasar, learned Counsel for the Applicant, states that he seeks the modification since his daughter and

his brother are contesting the Bhiwandi Nizampur Municipal Corporation Election and he is desirous of campaining on their behalf. He states that the Applicant is ready to abide by any other condition imposed, but his daughter and his brother require his assistance and hence, he prays that the said order's condition be modified.

3.

Ms. Megha Bajoria, learned APP, on instructions from the Investigating Officer, has tendered a detailed table showing the antecedents of the Applicant. There are as many as 20 antecedents against him, out of which, he has been acquitted in 7 cases.

4.

I have gone through the order dated 7th February 2023 in which the condition sought to be modified is imposed. The bail order is well reasoned and the impugned condition is intended to ensure that the Applicant's presence in the area does not interfere with the statement of witnesses, as there is a specific observation in the said bail order that, the Applicant threatened the Complainant with dire consequences, if he

failed to pay Rs.5,00,000/- to the Applicant to meet election expenses. The impugned condition is commensurate with the observations and findings in the bail order. Hence, no ground is made out requiring or warranting modification of the said condition in the bail order.

5.

Accordingly, the Interim Application is rejected. (Dr. Neela Gokhale, J)