Maharashtra
‘Court’s Apology For Delaying Murder Trial Not Of Any Help To Accused Languishing In Jail For Over 5 Years’: Bombay HC

Mumbai: Granting bail to a murder accused, the Bombay High Court has observed that the trial court’s apology was ‘not of any succour’ to the man who had been incarcerated for five years. It noted that the trial in the case had not commenced one and a half years after a court directive.
Justice Bharati Dangre, on December 18, granted bail to one Jahid alias Javed Liyakat Ansari, who was arrested by Rabale MIDC Police station on September 2, 2018, in a murder case. He filed bail plea through advocates Syed Asif Abbas Naqvi and Amreen Sheriff.
‘Sorry state of affairs’
The HC, on December 11, had expressed displeasure over the “sorry state of affairs” as trial against Ansari had not commenced and sought explanation from the trial judge. “With a heavy heart and with great regret, I must note that the judicial system has probably forgotten about this applicant,” Justice Dangre said. The report was submitted by Court of District Judge and Additional Sessions Judge, Belapur Amit M Shete giving a ‘number of reasons’ for the trial not concluding. It said that the accused was not produced until March 10 this year and the case was transferred to Belapur sessions court division on April 6. The case was then adjourned on eight dates during which the accused was nor produced by the Taloja jail authorities. This was brought to the notice of the presiding officer, the report added.
Trial judge’s explanation over delay
The trial judge also gave a ‘long explanation’ on his efforts to deal with pending cases, as his court handles four police stations. Besides, he was also busy with remand cases under the MCOC Act, remands by the CBI and ACB, in addition to completing the time bound/expedited trials.
Trial judge tendered a sincere and unconditional apology for not Ansari’s pending trial. “The apology, in whatever manner offered to this court, in my opinion, is not of any succour to the accused before me,” Justice Dangre remarked.
“Down the line, it is the end of the year 2023, but the position has not improved at all and the trial has not moved an inch ahead,” the judge said. Since the concerned trial court was “embroiled” with several time-bound matters and was not able to take up this trial any further, Justice Dangre said that she was “left with no other option than to secure his release on bail, as he cannot be incarcerated indefinitely as an under-trial prisoner and speedy trial is recognised as part of Article 21 (right to personal liberty) of the Constitution”. “Ultimately this is the only answer, which the judicial system can offer to an accused who was not produced for so called inadvertence”.
Ansari has been granted bail on furnishing a personal bond of ₹25,000.
Maharashtra
Rain started in Mumbai

Mumbai: Heavy rains have been continuing in Mumbai since last night. Mumbai city has recorded 20.93 mm of rain, East 23.40 mm and West 20.10 mm of rain. Despite the rain continuing in the city and suburbs, life is normal. Train and bus services are normal. Due to rain in the city, there have also been complaints of water accumulation on the roads due to lack of cleaning of drains in low-lying areas. According to BMC, rain will continue in the city and the rain will be intermittent. Therefore, BMC has claimed to make all the arrangements, but due to lack of repair of roads in the city, citizens are facing a lot of problems.
Maharashtra
Bihar’s crores thief Aamir Kabir arrested from Mumbai

Mumbai: Mumbai Malad Police has arrested a clever prince thief who used to disguise himself as a woman to escape from the police and used railway tracks to avoid CCTV cameras. Malad Police has seized a gold melting machine, 36 tolas of gold and silver jewellery, women’s clothes and cash from the thief. Police investigation has revealed that the accused thief has many bungalows and flats. He was committing such thefts for a long time, but was not caught yet. However, he has committed dozens of such thefts so far. Malad Police has arrested Prince Aamir Kabir thief after a lot of hard work and further investigation is on.
According to ACP Hemant Sawant of Malad Division, the clever accused Ranjeet Kumar Upendra alias Munna (44) is a resident of Babuganj in Bihar. He was arrested from Malad Malwani area. To escape from the police, the accused used to steal by disguising himself as a woman and sometimes used to walk on the railway track in the guise of a beggar to steal. According to senior Malad police officer Vijay Panhale, property worth about 57 lakhs has been seized from the accused, which includes 16 lakh cash deposited in the bank and jewelry and goods worth 41 lakhs. So far 8 cases have been registered against this clever thief, but he has not been arrested anywhere.
This disclosure has been made after the team of Malad Police Station’s investigating officer Tushar Sukhdev, Santosh Satwase, Amit Govind, Avinash Jadhav, constable Mahesh Doifode examined more than 150 CCTV cameras from the railway track and other places. The police is expecting more such serious revelations as the accused has been cleverly escaping from the spot while committing countless such crimes for the last 10 years and has become the owner of flats, land and bungalows worth crores.
Maharashtra
Mumbai: 3 arrested for fraud in the name of providing gold at cheap price

Mumbai: Mumbai Police has busted a gang that claimed to import gold from abroad and provide gold to people at cheap prices by becoming a self-styled police. The police have claimed to have arrested three members of this gang – according to the details, they gained the trust of the complainant by promising to import pure gold from abroad and sell it at a low price. It may be noted that the accused cheated the complainant by calling him Rs 2 lakh in cash and disguising himself as a police officer on May 27, 2025 at around 3:30 pm at BMW Showroom, CST Road, Kalina, Santa Cruz East Mumbai and not giving the gold to the complainant. The police have registered a case of cheating in this case.
During the search for the accused in this crime, information was received from technical investigation and confidential informant that the said accused was going to come to CST Road, Kalina, Santa Cruz Mumbai on June 2. Accordingly, the BKC Police Station Crime Detection Team had laid a trap at the said place. When the accused CST reached there around 4 pm, the police team identified the accused and kept an eye on him. However, as soon as they suspected the matter, the accused fled from Kurla and got into his motor car parked in front of the BMW showroom. The said motor car and the accused were chased by the police team. At that time, the said accused and his accomplices fled the car leaving the car on the road. The police team chased the accused who had snatched the motor car and out of the 04 accused who were riding in the motor car, 3 accused were arrested and arrested at different places.
The arrested 3 accused are criminals and criminal cases are registered against them in different police stations.
The identity of the accused whom the police have arrested in this case is, Muhammad Mohsin Abu Bilal Chaudhary, 33 years old, against him, Other cases including cheating are registered in BKC, Nowghar, Ghatkopar.
Cases have been registered against Tabrez Younis Qureshi, 39, at BKC, Gujrat, and Nowghar police stations. Cases have been registered against Pradeep Dadaram Thorat, 37, at BKC, Parghar police stations, including cases of assault and violence. DCP Manish Kalaniya has not ruled out further arrests in this case and the police are hopeful of more revelations in the investigation. DCP Manish said that this group used to cheat under the guise of providing gold. The investigation is also underway to find out how many people this group has fooled and cheated through this method so far and the investigation is underway under the guidance of senior officers.
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